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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 play in one game for the Kentucky Colonels as a publicity stunt in 1969. (The shortest signed ABA players were Jerry Dover and Monte Towe, both 5 feet 7 inches or 170 centimetres.)
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.
165.3 cm (5 ft 5 in) 1.06: 25–34 — Self-reported: 2003 [123] Marshall Islands: 163.3 cm (5 ft 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) 151.6 cm (4 ft 11 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) 1.08: 15–64 (N= m:762 f:1,187) 93.4%: Measured: 2002 [124] Mauritania: 167.9 cm (5 ft 6 in) 160.3 cm (5 ft 3 in) 1.05: 15–64 (N= m:1,141 f:1,362) 93.6%: Measured: 2006 [125] Mexico: 172 cm (5 ft 7 ...
Thus thousands of men under this height were denied the opportunity to fight in the war. As a result of pressure to allow them entry, special "Bantam Battalions" were created composed of men who were 4 feet 10 inches (147 cm) to 5 feet 3 inches (160 cm). By the end of the war there were 29 Bantam Battalions of about 1,000 men each.
A woman who is 36–24–36 (91.5–61–91.5) at 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) tall looks different from a woman who is 36–24–36 at 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) tall. Since the latter woman's figure has greater distance between measuring points, she will likely appear thinner than her former counterpart, again, even though they share the same measurements.
The tallest U.S. president was Abraham Lincoln at 6 feet 4 inches (193 centimeters), while the shortest was James Madison at 5 feet 4 inches (163 centimeters). Joe Biden, the current president, is 6 feet 0 inches (183 centimeters) according to a physical examination summary from February 2024. [2]
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Dress sizes may be given as girth at the bust in inches (e.g., 36), but even-numbered sizes from 2 to 16 are more common. ... (160 cm) 5 ft 3.5 in (161 cm) 5 ft 4 in ...