elder statesman

Gretzky had scored at a devastating clip for an absurdly long time—20 NHL seasons that saw him turn from a wiry 18-year-old into the league’s elder statesman.

Young from two feet closer, drained his and the youngest man on the US team had beaten Europe's elder statesman. 12-6.

The question now is whether he, as one of the country’s elder statesmen, will boldly stand up in defense of democracy, or let himself be symbolically pilloried — or worse.

Guided by his wife, Sharon, who was his manager and steadying force, Osbourne reinvented himself in the 1990s as an elder statesman of heavy metal.

Athletics elder statesman, Sir Brendan Foster, will spearhead a campaign to get millions walking or running regularly.