List of centenarians (National Football League players)

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

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

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

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

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