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The following is a list of sport's oldest professional athletes.
Sport | Name | Age played | Year retired |
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German footballer | Manfred Burgsmüller [1] | 52 years, 182 days | 2002 |
Association football | Ezzeldin Bahader (one-off) [2] | 74 years, 348 days | 2020 |
Robert Carmona (continuous) | 62 years, 314 days | Active | |
Australian rules football | Sampson Hosking (SANFL) | 48 years, 159 days (interchange only) | 1936 |
Wally Watts (WAFL) | 44 years, 49 days | 1916 | |
Auto racing (Rallying) | Sobiesław Zasada | 91 years | 2021 [3] |
Baseball | Satchel Paige (one-off) | 59 years, 350 days | 1966 |
Basketball (Men's) | Pierluigi Marzorati [4] | 54 years | 2006 |
Basketball (Women's) | Nancy Lieberman [5] | 50 years | 2008 |
Bodybuilding | Albert Beckles [6] | 53 years | 1991 |
Bowling | Carmen Salvino [7] | 86 years | 2020 |
Boxing | Albert Hughes | 70 years, 234 days | 2019 |
Cricket (Tests) | Wilfred Rhodes | 52 years | 1930 |
Cricket (First-class) | Raja Maharaj Singh | 72 years | 1950 |
Cycling (Road) | Lex Nederlof | 52 years | 2018 [8] |
Cycling (track) | Shoichi Yuasa | 68 years | 1996 [9] |
Cycling (track) (women's) | Miyoko Takamatsu | 54 years, 11 months and 4 days | 2017 [10] |
Golf | Gary Player | 73 years | 2009 |
Gymnastics | Oksana Chusovitina | 49 years, 264 days | Active |
Ice hockey | Gordie Howe (one-off) | 69 years, 276 days | 1997 |
Jaromír Jágr [11] | 53 years, 23 days | Active | |
International Darts | John Magowan | 72 years | 2013 |
Lacrosse | John Tavares | 47 years | 2015 |
Mixed Martial Arts | John Williams | 70 years, 139 days | 2010 |
Rugby league | Billy Wilson | 40 years, 5 days | 1967 |
Snooker | Fred Davis | 79 years | 1993 |
Sumo | Hanakaze Daisaku | 51 years | 2022 |
Surfing | Kelly Slater | 53 years, 27 days | Active |
Tennis (women's) | Martina Navratilova | 49 years | 2006 |
Track and Field | Stanisław Kowalski [12] | 105 years | 2022 |
Volleyball | Miguel Maia | 53 years, 321 days | Active |