To illustrate my point....

Life expectancy at birth for a 65 year old male would be 79.9.

However, once that same person has made it to 65, their life expectancy is 84.3.

So you would expect a footballer (having survived 20+ years already) to have a higher life expectancy than the general population at birth.

And I guess being fit and not overweight through their playing career, it stands to reason that they would also have a higher life expectancy compared to the general population at the same age.

The 100 year old stat is therefore surprising.

Posted By: SimonOTBC on January 8th 2026 at 10:54:50

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And now RIP Terry Yorath (only 75). .... (n/m) (Other Football) - Saucerer, Jan 8, 08:43:30
- Strange but I was sure he was with the angels already!? X (n/m) (Other Football) - Nelsons final flanel, Jan 8, 14:40:40
- far too young RIP TY x (n/m) (Other Football) - Jumbo1, Jan 8, 11:48:07
- Lost a son at 15 and was player/coach of Bradford on the day of the fire (Other Football) - MonkeyPuzzle, Jan 8, 10:12:53
- Gabby Logan has to leave MotD last night half way through (Other Football) - Trent_Canary, Jan 8, 09:33:02
- I wonder how many ex pro footballers die every day, on average? (n/m) (Other Football) - paulg, Jan 8, 08:52:43
  - It’s 0.145 (n/m) (Other Football) - IG88, Jan 8, 14:38:18
  - 1.2853 (n/m) (Other Football) - MonkeyPuzzle, Jan 8, 10:08:50
  - I wonder when an England player will reach 100 (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jan 8, 09:58:31
    - I think Ken Brown might be the oldest living England footballer (n/m) (Other Football) - Cellophane Flowers, Jan 8, 11:16:36
      - Yes apparently so (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jan 8, 11:25:11
    - time for xDeath ratings? (n/m) (Other Football) - Tombs, Jan 8, 10:28:41
      - The NHS has a risk calculator (n/m) (Other Football) - APB, Jan 8, 11:00:29
      - I thought there was going to be a test (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jan 8, 10:44:12
        
        be incredible if they could do it (Other Football) - Tombs, Jan 8, 10:57:54
        
        They tried to get explain how google’s Willow works (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jan 8, 11:38:40
        
        my eldest was down the lefdal mine in norway last month looking at their darter centre (Other Football) - Tombs, Jan 8, 11:53:23
        
        Nice (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jan 8, 11:59:02
    - That's a slightly surprising stat (the not getting to 100 one) (Other Football) - paulg, Jan 8, 10:13:56
      - Yes was also surprised (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jan 8, 10:40:24
        
        Yes....and presumably once you reach 18, say (Other Football) - SimonOTBC, Jan 8, 10:49:53
        
        Yes (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jan 8, 11:21:47
        
        10% chance of 50 more years of wrathing! (n/m) (Other Football) - paulg, Jan 8, 11:35:19
        
        Will probably be about 2-3 left on here by then (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jan 8, 11:40:20
        
        Hopefully Ben didn't play for England (n/m) (Other Football) - paulg, Jan 8, 12:04:59
        
        we need a contingency plan! (n/m) (Other Football) - Jumbo1, Jan 8, 11:47:08
        
        To illustrate my point.... (Other Football) - SimonOTBC, Jan 8, 10:54:50
        
        Surprised that for the current 91 year old players (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jan 8, 11:36:10
        
        SCC107? (n/m) (Other Football) - SimonOTBC, Jan 8, 12:12:39
        
        I hope so (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jan 8, 12:18:32
        
        I'm sorry to hear that. (n/m) (Other Football) - SimonOTBC, Jan 8, 12:20:35
        
        🖕 (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jan 8, 13:33:32
        
        But as most born before then would be lower than 5 (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jan 8, 10:42:16
        
        I was born younger than 5 (n/m) (Other Football) - APB, Jan 8, 12:33:38

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