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7 ft 0 in Richard Sligh: Tallest American football player in National Football League history. 1944–2008 Netherlands: 213 cm 7 ft 0 in Ted van der Parre: Tallest World's Strongest Man champion. born 1955 Russia: 213 cm 7 ft 0 in Nikolai Valuev: Tallest boxing world champion. born 1973 United Kingdom: 213 cm 7 ft 0 in Richard Metcalfe
Olivier Rioux (born February 2, 2006) is a Canadian college basketball player for the Florida Gators of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). [1] Guinness World Records declared him the tallest teenager in the world in 2021, he measured 7 ft 5 in (2.26 m) at age 15. [2] He now stands 7 ft 9 in (2.36 m) [3] tall.
0.8 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) 310 lb (141 kg) Yao Ming * China: Houston Rockets (2002–2011) 481 9,196 19.1 .525 .832 4,467 9.3 912 1.9 Tallest player to play in at least one All-Star Game. Also tallest player inducted into the Hall of Fame. 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) 275 lb (125 kg) Shawn Bradley United States Germany: Philadelphia 76ers (1993–1995)
Richard Metcalfe (born 21 November 1973 in Leeds, England [1]) is a Scottish former rugby union player. He was the world's tallest ever international rugby player. At 7 feet (213 cm), Metcalfe was about six inches taller than a typical second row forward, giving him considerable presence at the front of the line-out.
Bobróczky was born in Arad, Romania, [6] [5] [7] [8] the son of 2.17 m (7 ft 1 in) tall Hungarian-born Romanian international basketball player Zsigmond Bobróczky (who competed alongside Gheorghe Mureșan [9] [10]) and Brunhilde, a 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) former volleyball and handball player. At age eight he was taller than his mother, at 1.88 m ...
Sun Mingming (Chinese: 孙明明; pinyin: Sūn Míngmíng, born August 23, 1983) is a Chinese former professional basketball player. He was the tallest professional basketball player in the world and was measured by the Guinness World Records as 2.36 m (7 ft 9 in) tall and weighing 168 kg (370 lb).
van Mil was 7-foot-1-inch (2.16 m) and weighed 240 pounds (110 kg). He was one of the tallest players in the history of professional baseball, along with former Minor League Baseball reliever Ryan Doherty. [2] His height provided an advantage, because his release point when pitching was closer to hitters, giving them less time to react. [3]
Manute Bol (/ m ə ˈ n uː t ˈ b oʊ l / mə-NOOT BOWL; d. June 19, 2010) was a Sudanese-American professional basketball player and political activist.Listed at 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) [2] or 7 ft 7 in (2.31 m) [3] tall, Bol was one of the tallest players in the history of the National Basketball Association (NBA).