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
Aggressive Inline Skating	Jon Julio[1]	34 years	2011
American football	George Blanda[2]	&1000000000000004800000048 years, &10000000000000109000000109 days	January 4, 1976
Association football	Sir Stanley Matthews	50 years, 5 days	1965
Australian rules football	Vic Cumberland[3]	43 years	1920
Auto racing	Buddy Helms	87 years	2003
Baseball	Ted Radcliffe (threw one pitch) Satchel Paige	96 years 59 years	1999 1966
Basketball	Robert Jaworski[4]	52 years	1998
Basketball (Woman)[5]	Nancy Lieberman	50 years	July 2008
Bodybuilding	Albert Beckles[6]	61 years	1991
Boxing	Saoul Mamby	60 years	2008
Cricket	Wilfred Rhodes	52 years	1930
Cycling	Jeannie Longo	48 years	2007
Golf	Jerry Barber	77 years	1994
Ice hockey	Gordie Howe	52 years (additionally played 1 shift in 1997 at age 69)	1980
Mixed Martial Arts	Skip Hall[7]	64 years	2008
National Rugby League	Steve Price	36 years	2010
Snooker	Fred Davis	78 years	1992
Tennis	Martina Navratilova	49 years	2006
Volleyball	Karch Kiraly	46 years	2007
Track and Field	John Whittemore	104 years	2004

References

1. ^ [http://www.skatelog.com/skaters/jon-julio/ "Jon Julio Fan Site Legendary Inline Street Skater"]. http://www.skatelog.com/skaters/jon-julio/. 
2. ^ "A player that would not leave". http://espn.go.com/sportscentury/features/00014110.html. 
3. ^ "Footy FAQ: AFL Clubs and Club History". http://www.afana.com/drupal/node/32. 
4. ^ "Rocky Mountain News". Rockymountainnews.com. http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/cda/article_print/0,1983,DRMN_83_5468453_ARTICLE-DETAIL-PRINT,00.html. Retrieved October 27, 2008. ^{[dead link]}
5. ^ "Chron.com". July 24, 2008. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/5905453.html. Retrieved October 30, 2008. 
6. ^ "Bodybuilding Universe – Articles". Bodybuildinguniverse.com. http://www.bodybuildinguniverse.com/olympia2.htm. Retrieved October 27, 2008. 
7. ^ Professional MMA record for Skip Hall from Sherdog