Isaac
Years ago

World's Tallest Man, once played hoops

Many people will have heard of Robert Wadlow, undeniably the world's tallest man, who reached 8'11" (272cm) eight days before his death. He wore size 37 shoes and was 223kg at his heaviest point.

Here's a video with a brief moment of him playing basketball (around about the 3'40" mark of the video). Given that he struggled to walk, he might not have been a force in the current professional leagues!

Thanks to John C for the link.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

he was leaning very comfortably on the ledge on the empire state bldng ! would not want to fall back!

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DB5  
Years ago

I thought that was King Kong on the Empire State Building!

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