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Jack Emanuel "Soupy" Shapiro (March 22, 1907 – February 5, 2001) was an American gridiron football player who played in one game with the Staten Island Stapletons of the National Football League (NFL) in 1929. Shapiro is most famous for being the shortest player in NFL history at about 5 ft 1 in (1.55 m).
At 5'5" (1.65 m), Holliday is the shortest player to play in the NFL in the last 25 years. Deuce Vaughn , drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in the 6th round of the 2023 NFL draft , also has a listed height of 5'5". [ 33 ]
This has resulted in greater diversity of player heights despite the league maintaining a generally constant average height, while the average player weight has generally decreased. [43] The average height of an NHL player is just over 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) tall. Zdeno Chára, at 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m), is the tallest player ever to play in the NHL.
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It should be noted that Michael Vick (2001 draft) was the last QB with a sub-9′ hand span to achieve sustained success in the NFL.” Pittsburgh QB Kenny Pickett hand span measurement was 8 1/2 ...
Shortest professional player of American football, but only for one game. [50] 1907–2001 United Kingdom: 157 cm (62 in) Frederick Walden: Association football Shortest player in England national football team history (5 ft 2 in (157 cm)). [51] 1888–1949 United States: 157 cm (62 in) Shannon Bobbitt: Basketball
Since 2003, no quarterback with hands smaller than 9 inches has been selected in the first round of the NFL draft. Kenny Pickett could be the first. Since 2003, no quarterback with hands smaller ...
In 1997, while playing for the Chiefs, he led the NFL in interception return yards [6] and was tied for second-most interceptions with 8. [ 7 ] One of the smallest players in the NFL, McMillian stood 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) and was listed at various points in his career as 162 lb (73 kg), [ 8 ] 154 lb (70 kg), [ 9 ] and 148 lb (67 kg). [ 10 ]