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Sport Name Age played Year retired German footballer: Manfred Burgsmüller [1]: 52 years, 182 days 2002 Association football: Ezzeldin Bahader (one-off) [2]: 74 years, 348 days
The NFL is known for its brutal physicality and as a result shorter careers. Check out the list of the oldest active players in the NFL in 2024.
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]
Oldest player: 48, George Blanda, 1975 [161] Only players to throw and catch a pass for a touchdown in the same play : 3 yards, Brad Johnson on October 12, 1997; 37 yards, Frank Ryan on October 30, 1960; [ 162 ] 6 yards, Marcus Mariota on January 6, 2018 (playoff game) [ 163 ]
As of September 2022, Tom Brady is the oldest player in the NFL, according to NBC Sports. He turned 45 in August 2022, according to the NFL.
The longest tenured head coach on his current team is Mike Tomlin who has been with the Pittsburgh Steelers since 2007. Andy Reid is the only active coach with multiple Super Bowl wins with three. Other active head coaches to have won a Super Bowl are Tomlin, John Harbaugh , Sean McVay , Sean Payton , Pete Carroll , and Nick Sirianni .
Some players avoid injury and maintain their high skill level. The following list has the top 250 players who have the most regular season game appearances. All have played at least a dozen seasons in the league. One player, George Blanda [3] played in 4 decades from the 1940s to the 1970s. Blanda played 26 seasons and was 48 years old when he ...
The gridiron reign of Travis Kelce just won’t let up. Kelce, 35, became the oldest player in NFL history to catch 14 passes in a game during the Kansas City Chiefs’ 30-24 overtime victory over ...