The eldest, as shown in the chart here (data taken from the website baseball-reference.com), are Wally Westlake and Eddie Robinson, who, as this is written, are 95 years old.
The youngest living player to appear on a 1952 Topps card is Bobby Del Greco, who is 82.
I began this chart with a posting on this blog on June 10, 2015, when there were 50 survivors. Between then and now, only players who appeared in the '52T set died, Billy Pierce on July 31 and Yogi Berra on Sept. 22.
I'll attempt to keep this updated as the year 2016 progresses.
PLAYER 1952
TOPPS BIRTH
` CARD
NO. DATE
Wally
Westlake 38 11/08/1920
Eddie
Robinson 32 12/15/1920
Sam Mele 94 01/21/1922
Gil Coan 91 05/18/1922
Harry
Perkowski 142 09/06/1922
Red
Schoendienst 91 02/02/1923
Solly Hemus 196 04/17/1923
Bob Kuzava 85 05/28/1923
Ed Fitz
Gerald 236 05/21/1924
Turk Lown 330 05/30/1924
Charlie
Silvera 168 10/13/1924
Irv Noren 40 11/29/1924
Wayne
Terwilliger 7 06/27/1925
Bobby Shantz 219 09/26/1925
Bob Addis 259 11/06/1925
Ned Garver 212 12/25/1925
Ralph Branca 274 01/06/1926
Bob
Borkowski 328 01/27/1926
Randy
Jackson 322 02/10/1926
Joe
Garagiola 227 02/12/1926
Howie Judson 169 02/16/1926
Bob Miller 187 06/16/1926
Bobby Morgan 355 06/29/1926
Johnny Groth 25 07/23/1926
Roy Sievers 64 11/18/1926
Carl Erskine 250 12/13/1926
Carl Scheib 116 01/01/1927
Charlie
Maxwell 180 04/08/1927
Cloyd Boyer 280 09/01/1927
Bob Kelly 348 10/04/1927
Tommy Brown 281 12/06/1927
Dick Gernert 343 09/28/1928
Joe Presko 220 10/07/1928
Bob Ross 298 11/02/1928
Joe
DeMaestri 286 12/09/1928
Curt Simmons 203 05/19/1929
Ted Lepcio 335 07/28/1929
Ike Delock 329 11/11/1929
Del Crandall 162 03/05/1930
Vern Law 81 03/12/1930
Johnny
Antonelli 140 04/12/1930
Dick Groat 369 11/04/1930
Bob Friend 233 11/24/1930
Willie Mays 261 05/06/1931
Tony
Bartirome 332 05/09/1932
Dick Brodowski 404 07/26/1932
Bobby Del
Greco 353 04/07/1933
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