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The most seasons played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) by a player listed at 5 feet 6 inches (168 cm) or shorter was 14 seasons by Muggsy Bogues who played from 1987 to 2001. The shortest player ever in the old American Basketball Association (1967–76) was Penny Ann Early , a 5-foot-3-inch (160 cm) jockey who took part in one ...
Anthony Jerome "Spud" Webb (born July 13, 1963) is an American former professional basketball player. A 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) point guard, Webb played college basketball at Midland College and at North Carolina State University.
Bogues has held the title ever since. In a hilarious coincidence, the point guard famously played along side the tallest player in NBA history (tied 1st) in his rookie season.
At the time of his debut, he was 16.5 inches (42 cm) shorter than the average NBA player. [4] In his rookie year, Bogues was a teammate of Manute Bol who stood 7 ft 7 in (2.31 m) tall. They were the tallest and shortest players in NBA history at the time, with 28 inches (71 cm) difference between them.
The movie 'Ant-Man' is about a small -- but powerful -- superhero, and he if he wasn't out saving the world he'd make one hell of a scrappy athlete. So, in honor of Paul Rudd's new role, we break ...
Bogues is making the media rounds to promote Charlotte as the host of this year's All-Star Game on Feb. 17 and was kind enough to carve out time for Yahoo Sports. Muggsy Bogues names his All-Time ...
In the USBL draft, the Gulls drafted 5-foot-3 Muggsy Bogues second overall. Bogues was named the league's Rookie of the Year, averaging 22.2 points and 8.4 assists per game and leading the league in minutes per game before an ankle injury ended his season. (Hank McDowell was also named to the USBL's second All-Star squad.)
At 5 feet 6 inches tall, he was the shortest player in NBA history until Muggsy Bogues more than 40 years later. He is the third shortest NBA player of all time , after Bogues and Earl Boykins . A stand-out player at Brooklyn College , Hirsch graduated in 1943 and served in the US Army Air Corps as a Navigator on C-47 aircraft in the 13th Troop ...