List of oldest professional athletes by sport

The following is a list of sport's oldest professional athletes. Active athletes are in italics.

Sport Name Age Played Year Retired
Aggressive Inline Skating Jon Julio[1] 34 years 2011
American football George Blanda[2] 48 years, 109 days 1976
Association football Salvador Reyes[3] 71 years (substituted after first kick) 2008
Australian rules football Sampson Hosking (SANFL)
Wally Watts (WAFL)
Vic Cumberland (VFL/AFL)		 48 years, 159 days (interchange only)
44 years, 49 days
43 years, 38 days		 1936
1916
1920
Auto racing Hershel McGriff 81 years 2009[4]
Baseball Satchel Paige 59 years 1966
Basketball Robert Jaworski[5] 52 years 1998
Basketball (Woman) Nancy Lieberman[6] 50 years 2008
Bodybuilding Albert Beckles[7] 53 years 1991
Boxing Saoul Mamby 60 years 2008
Cricket (Tests) Wilfred Rhodes 52 years 1930
Cricket (First-class) Raja Maharaj Singh 72 years 1950
Cycling Jeannie Longo 48 years 2007
Golf Gary Player 80 years Active
Ice hockey Gordie Howe 52 years (additionally played 1 shift in 1997 at age 69) 1980
Lacrosse John Tavares 47 years 2015
Mixed Martial Arts Skip Hall[8] 64 years 2008
Rugby League Billy Wilson 40 years, 5 days 1967
Snooker Fred Davis 78 years 1992
Tennis Martina Navratilova 49 years 2006
Volleyball Karch Kiraly 46 years 2007
International Darts John Magowan 76 years Active
Track and Field Stanisław Kowalski[9] 105 years Active

References

  1. ↑ "Jon Julio Fan Site Legendary Inline Street Skater".
  2. ↑ "A player that would not leave".
  3. ↑ http://www.bonivitalsoccer.com/content.php?navigation_id=174. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ http://www.foxnews.com/story/2009/07/20/driver-81-becomes-oldest-man-to-compete-in-nascar-race.html
  5. ↑ "Rocky Mountain News". Rockymountainnews.com. Archived from the original on March 11, 2008. Retrieved October 27, 2008.
  6. ↑ "Chron.com". July 24, 2008. Retrieved October 30, 2008.
  7. ↑ "Bodybuilding Universe – Articles". Bodybuildinguniverse.com. Retrieved October 27, 2008.
  8. ↑ Professional MMA record for Skip Hall from Sherdog
  9. ↑ http://masterstrack.com/2015/06/36819/
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