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This is a complete listing of players in the history of the National Basketball Association with listed heights of 5 feet 9 inches (175 cm) or shorter. Only 27 NBA players have been at or below this height. [1] The shortest NBA player to be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is Calvin Murphy at 5 ft 9
After leaving the NBA, Bogues worked in the real estate business until August 3, 2005, when he was named head coach of the Charlotte Sting in the Women's National Basketball Association, despite a lack of coaching experience. He was shorter than all of his players—at 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m), Helen Darling was the shortest Sting player. Bogues led ...
Earl Antoine Boykins [1] (born June 2, 1976) [2] is an American basketball coach and former professional player who is an assistant coach for the UTEP Miners.He played thirteen seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the New Jersey Nets, Cleveland Cavaliers, Orlando Magic, Los Angeles Clippers, Golden State Warriors, Denver Nuggets, Milwaukee Bucks, Charlotte Bobcats ...
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 ...
As of 2021, Webb is tied with Mel Hirsch for being the third-shortest player in NBA history. Only two NBA players have been shorter than he is: 5-foot-3-inch (1.60 m) Muggsy Bogues and 5-foot-5-inch (1.65 m) Earl Boykins .
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
Purvis Short (born July 2, 1957) is a retired American professional basketball player who played with the Golden State Warriors, Houston Rockets and New Jersey Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1978 to 1990. A 6'7" small forward, Short averaged 17.3 points per game over his twelve-season career in the NBA. He is currently ...
In a hilarious coincidence, the point guard famously played along side the tallest player in NBA history (tied 1st) in his rookie season. Bogues has held the title ever since.