Oldest living SANFL players

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Thanks for those; here's some more:

Albert William John Jones - 29/10/1967
Clement Theodore William Holmes - 30/4/1970
Lawrence Sidney William Jordan - 6/4/1995
Frank Everard (not Everard Frank) Best - 22/1/2017
Vernon Keith Mueller - 15/2/2022
Brian Robert Sarre - 28/3/2022
Robert Mason Fry - 5/5/2022

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Here's a new list of players who I will assume those born before 1920 I need to find a DOD for:
1 1 1865 William Blackburn Stark Port
27 8 1875 Albert William Philpott West
16 2 1877 John Thomas McEvoy Port
2 6 1877 Frederick Albert Bailey Port Torrens
21 12 1877 James Way South http://www.redlegsmuseum.com.au/ON_FIEL ... James.aspx
29 4 1882 John Fletcher Port
20 10 1885 Stanley Gilbert Hemson Port
2 1 1886 William Leaker Sturt
19 2 1889 Arthur Patrick McDonnell Torrens Port
6 8 1889 William Fletcher Port
1889 William Kennedy Sturt Torrens
15 12 1891 John Charles Dunn Torrens Port
2 2 1892 Albert Alexander Tapping North Port
12 7 1899 Percy Warren Taylor Port Torrens
21 11 1899 Clarence Alfred Latimer Port
27 2 1904 Donald McKenzie Torrens
3 11 1904 Orlando Hodgson South
28 3 1906 Robert James Buchanan South
28 1 1907 Robert Lloyd Ryan South
19 6 1907 Stirling James Dominic Martin South
8 11 1908 Kenneth Alfred Gilbert Johnson Port
24 4 1910 John Peter Molan West Torrens
16 10 1910 William Malcolm McKnight Torrens
23 2 1912 William Leslie John Page North
28 2 1913 Clarence John Hooper Port
21 8 1913 Reginald Charles Head West
1 1 1915 Ronald Morton Henry Calder Norwood http://www.redlegsmuseum.com.au/ON_FIEL ... onald.aspx
3 12 1916 James Noah Brown Port
19 12 1917 Henry Michael Gates Port
19 1 1919 James Edward Nicholls Norwood http://www.redlegsmuseum.com.au/ON_FIEL ... James.aspx

I do have a feeling that Neville McSkimming is still alive, because it's a distinctive name and one which I can't find in something like My Tributes. Until recently at least, was living in a retirement/nursing home in Queensland: https://personlookup.com.au/search?page ... oria+Point

27 1 1922 Neville Ray McSkimming South
6 9 1922 Desmond Bennett West
12 11 1923 Stanley Thomas Young Port https://vwma.org.au/explore/people/563755
30 12 1923 Mervyn Arthur Roberts Norwood
8 2 1925 Frank Maxwell Glenelg
1 7 1925 Kenneth Franklyn Trezise Sturt https://vwma.org.au/explore/people/1582037
21 12 1925 Clarence Jewell Christensen Port
27 2 1926 Alfred Charles Roberts Torrens
21 5 1926 Ronald Charles Desmond Hay West
16 10 1926 Edward Richard Fidock Port
30 1 1928 Constantine Stephanos South
4 4 1928 Elmore Leske Sturt
24 2 1929 Alexander Henry Hall Norwood Glenelg
6 3 1929 Francis John Rushworth West
4 4 1929 Alan Lorimer Dowding Sturt
14 4 1929 Allan Murray Davies Norwood
26 4 1929 Malcolm Thomas Hewitson Port
28 4 1929 Philip Frederick Saunders Norwood
25 12 1929 Robert Noel Chapman South
31 12 1929 Walter Graham Bagshaw Sturt
6 7 1930 Bruce Norman Hentschke North
20 9 1930 Laurence Anthony Stevens Port
24 10 1930 Leslie Barry Fry Sturt
12 11 1930 Joseph Ralph Dunn North
2 3 1931 Roy Victor Zerk West
8 3 1931 Allan John Martin North
17 5 1931 Donald Ken McLeod South Glenelg
24 5 1931 George William Wood Norwood
29 6 1931 Kenneth Peter Cock Norwood
21 8 1931 Glynn Barnard Williams West Sturt
1931 Geoffrey William Downey Torrens
13 1 1932 Desmond John Panizza South
17 8 1932 Lewis John Mackereth Sturt
4 9 1932 David John Houston Norwood
12 9 1932 Brian Tucker Torrens
19 10 1932 Ralph Arthur Packham West
8 12 1932 Donald Clifford Pridmore West Sturt
7 2 1933 David Pitt Curyer Glenelg
11 2 1933 Ian Gordon Norwood
22 3 1933 Telford Marshall Charles Chambers Port
3 4 1933 Anthony Goodchild Sturt
4 4 1933 John G Tester Sturt
16 4 1933 Donald Bruce Fraser West South
13 5 1933 Basil W Jaggard Port
18 5 1933 Allan Miller Norwood
25 6 1933 Rupert Perry West
15 8 1933 Donald Frank Kimber South
12 10 1933 Maxwell Richard John Brown North
31 10 1933 Max Blows Sturt
7 12 1933 John Lill Norwood
22 12 1933 Noel Baker South
1933 Robert Fosdike Norwood

Then, as an example, these players I don't have any dates for, who debuted from 1945 to 1949:
Thomas Barnes Torrens 1945
A Bertram Sturt 1945
Arthur J Collins South 1945
James Crouch Sturt 1945
Alan Norman Dolman Port 1945
W James Edwards Torrens 1945
John Michael Mackay West 1945
Peter Moore Sturt 1945
Michael J Murphy South 1945
Clive Plant Sturt 1945
Keith Shepley Glenelg 1945
James Talbot Port 1945
W S Walsh Glenelg 1945
Ian Askew Glenelg 1946
John Bullock Glenelg 1946
Donald A Cameron Sturt 1946
Donald J Cameron Sturt 1946
Alan Groves West 1946
Colin Hill Torrens 1946
R J Hill South 1946
Rex N Mann Port 1946
John Martin Torrens 1946
Leslie McPherson Sturt 1946
Alan Morgan Torrens 1946
Alan Palmer Torrens 1946
Leslie Thompson Torrens 1946
Colin Watts Glenelg 1946
Albert V White South 1946
Colin White Glenelg 1946
Ian Adams Norwood 1947
Maxwell Chambers Glenelg 1947
Peter Grant Glenelg 1947
Dave M Hamilton South 1947
Harold George Harris South 1947
John Albert Hill West 1947
Harold Partridge Glenelg 1947
Raymond C Price South 1947
Jack Sampson South 1947
William H Ward Torrens South 1947
Stanley Williams South 1947
Ronald William Batt Port 1948
Richard Bradley Glenelg 1948
Philip Brown Glenelg 1948
Patrick John Burness Port 1948
Richard Dawson Port 1948
Ian Albyn Dinning Port 1948
Raymond L Fuller South 1948
Stanley Joseph Hobbs Port 1948
Max Peake Port 1948
M J Smith South 1948
Robert Whelan Port 1948
Donald Britton Sturt 1949
Francis Evans Sturt 1949
William James Sturt 1949
H G Miller South 1949
Robert Moore Glenelg 1949
Robert Bruce Nicholls Torrens 1949
Frank Peters Norwood 1949
Donald N Robinson Sturt 1949
Robert J Ryan Sturt 1949
Colin L Sampson Port 1949
Keith S Teagle Glenelg 1949
Alan Kelvin Turner West 1949
Reginald W Venning South 1949

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Merv Roberts [ Norwood]
Had his 100th birthday on 30/12/2023
This might make him the oldest living SANFL footballer?

Must have been a good footballer on the paddock as he represented SA on 5 occasions

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Quaintly dubbed the “Double Century”, Norwood legend Merv Roberts has
celebrated his 100th birthday with a gathering of his fellow Redlegs’ 100-
game footballers.
The Norwood Hall of Fame member and triple premiership player, who wore
No.10 during his 162-game career between 1946 and 1956, reached his
centenary on December 30. Three of the four living Redlegs to have played
100 games in the same guernsey joined him to mark the occasion.
Declan Hamilton, Robbie Neill and Roger Woodcock met Roberts at his home
in Flagstaff Hill to help blow out the candles. Only Lester Ross couldn’t
attend but all four had signed a framed No.10 guernsey which they presented
as a gift from the club.
Despite his footy career coming to a close 70 years ago, Roberts’ recollection
of his time at The Parade was still sharp.
“I seem to have quite a good memory of anything that impresses me,”
Roberts said. “And there were quite a few things to be impressed about
playing football games with players like (Jack) Oatey, (John) Marriott, Doug
Olds and Sam Gallagher.
“They were a team of champions and I can’t help but remember a lot of the
things I did with them. I did enjoy it and I can still remember it.”
A resolute defender, Roberts played five games for SA, and underlined his
courage during a match when he ran back with the flight of the ball to take a
mark just moments before colliding with the point post.
While Roberts played the match out, the post did not, with the force of the
bump causing it to snap.
Woodcock, still heavily involved in the club via its history committee, said
the mini-party was masterminded by Redlegs fan Chris Brown.

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Studley might only be 75, but he looks at least 100.

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Graham Studley Cornes might live to 100+ as well
His dad, whose name I reckon was Studley , I believe he lived to 100+ ?

Can anyone confirm his dad raised the bat ?

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He did. October 2017. Died aged 101

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Former long time caller and Norwood player and Glenelg Captain coach, Alexander Henry (Pat) Hall has passed away at the age of 95. He must have been one of the oldest living players until his death on April 16th this year.