Ex-Baseball Star Still Working At 104

Ex-Baseball Star Still Working At 104
Navarro Believed To Be Last Surviving Player Of Negro American League

DANICA COTO, Associated Press Writer
POSTED: 8:40 am PDT August 1, 2010
UPDATED: 9:13 am PDT August 1, 2010


PONCE, Puerto Rico -- Emilio Navarro swivels his hips several times, then bends down to touch his toes.

Not bad for someone who's 104 years old. He doesn't need a cane to get about and is known to go out dancing now and then. He doesn't use glasses, either.

"And I don't have many wrinkles," he says in Spanish. He smiles, then allows in English: "Just a little bit."

But the former professional baseball player isn't being honored for his spryness. He is being honored as America's Outstanding Oldest Male Worker for 2010 -- Navarro still keeps the books and controls the finances at the game machine business he started.

Navarro, believed to be the last surviving player of the Negro American League, was chosen for the honor over dozens of candidates nominated in 30 U.S. states by Experience Works, the United States' largest nonprofit training center for older workers.

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Navarro does not have any secrets to staying young. He just follows two rules: Help those who need it and show respect to everyone.

much more...
http://www.kcra.com/health/24469091/detail.html

:thumbsup:

No reason Americans can't keep working until 104! Social Security is saved.

hopefully he just likes working and isn't forced into it.

I had the pleasure of meeting Buck O' Neil several times in Kansas City, and he was warm and very gracious.
He was a legend and he was one of a kind.

"Help those who need it and show respect to everyone."

AMEN!!!

:hi:

:hi: ...appreciate the welcome!