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List of centenarians (National Football League players)

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This is a list of National Football League players who lived to the age of 100. For other sportspeople who lived to be 100, see List of centenarians (sportspeople). For other lists of centenarians, see Lists of centenarians.

List

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Name Born Died Age Team(s)
Ralph Horween[1] August 3, 1896
Chicago, Illinois
May 26, 1997
Charlottesville, Virginia
100 years, 296 days Chicago Cardinals (1921–1923)
Tom Dickinson[2] July 20, 1897
Detroit, Michigan
October 29, 1999
Georgetown, Ohio
102 years, 101 days Detroit Heralds (1920)
Sam Dana[3][4] August 7, 1903
New York City, New York
October 29, 2007
Kenmore, New York
104 years, 83 days Hartford Blues (1926)
New York Yankees (1928)
Jim Woodruff[5][6] July 11, 1903
Nebraska
November 21, 2007
104 years, 133 days Chicago Cardinals (1926)
Buffalo Bisons (1929)
Johnny Kovatch[7] June 6, 1912
South Bend, Indiana
October 11, 2013
Santa Barbara, California
101 years, 127 days Cleveland Rams (1938)
Ace Parker[8][9] May 17, 1912
Portsmouth, Virginia
November 6, 2013
Portsmouth, Virginia
101 years, 173 days Brooklyn Dodgers (1937–1941)
Boston Yanks (1945)
New York Yankees (1946)
Fred Gloden[10] December 21, 1918
Dubuque, Iowa
February 25, 2019
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
100 years, 66 days Philadelphia Eagles (1941)
Miami Seahawks (1946)
Cecil Souders[11] January 3, 1921
Bucyrus, Ohio
August 30, 2021
Hilliard, Ohio
100 years, 239 days Detroit Lions (1947–1949)
Ken Casanega[12] February 18, 1921
Alameda County, California
October 10, 2021
Medford, Oregon
100 years, 234 days San Francisco 49ers (1946, 1948)
Charley Trippi[13] December 14, 1921
Pittston, Pennsylvania
October 19, 2022
Athens, Georgia
100 years, 309 days Chicago Cardinals (1947–1955)

Disputed

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Name Born Died Age Team(s)
Merle Hunter[a][14] September 4, 1888
Mapleton, Iowa
July 28, 1997
Chicago, Illinois
108 years, 327 days Hammond Pros (1925–1926)

References

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  1. ^ "A League First: Former Player Turns 100 (Published 1996)". The New York Times. August 4, 1996.
  2. ^ "Tom Dickinson Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
  3. ^ Goldstein, Richard (November 1, 2007). "Sam Dana, 104, Oldest Former N.F.L. Player, Is Dead (Published 2007)". The New York Times.
  4. ^ "Sam Salemi Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
  5. ^ https://www.profootballarchives.com/playerw/wood05200.html
  6. ^ "Jim Woodruff Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
  7. ^ "Johnny Kovatch Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
  8. ^ "Ace Parker". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  9. ^ Goldstein, Richard (November 7, 2013). "Ace Parker, Pro Football Hall of Famer From Leather-Helmet Days, Dies at 101". New York Times. p. B18. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  10. ^ "Fred Gloden Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
  11. ^ "Cecil Souders Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
  12. ^ "Ken Casanega Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
  13. ^ "Charley Trippi Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
  14. ^ "Merle Hunter Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com.

Notes

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  1. ^ Merle Hunter was born in 1888 according to Pro-Football-Reference, but some other sources say he was born in 1898, which would make him 98 at the time of his death