# Still playing?! **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [November 18, 2015, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-playing/737906 "2015-11-18T18:41:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2015, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-playing/737906/1 "2015-11-18T18:41:55Z")
The sports version of the [Still Alive???](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=769326) thread. Who are you surprised is still playing? I just found out a week or so ago that Jaromir Jagr is still playing. I had no idea until yesterday that Vince Carter was still playing. Charles Woodson is really hanging in there. This is not necessarily just about still-active players, nor just players who are really old (for athletes). It could just be a player you thought was finished, but turns out they’re still playing, e.g. for years I thought Gus Frerotte was long retired but he kept popping up each season with a different team. Who have you seen, read about, or heard about that made you think, “Wow, that guy is still playing?!” ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2015, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-playing/737906/2 "2015-11-18T19:10:33Z")
Matt Hasselbeck - not only still playing at 40, but starting at QB for the injured Andrew Luck. His last season as a regular was 2011; the last time he even started a game (before this year) was 2012. ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2015, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-playing/737906/3 "2015-11-18T19:14:28Z")
I couldn’t believe when LaTroy Hawkins was traded to Toronto. I had no idea he was still around, but I think he did retire after the season. Didn’t realize Matt Hasselbeck was still in the league backing up Luck, either, until he was forced to play. ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_s\_Son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@Jim\_s\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_s_Son)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2015, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-playing/737906/4 "2015-11-19T01:22:48Z")
74 year old Morgan Shepherd started 20 races in NASCAR’s Xfinity series this year, as a “start and parker”