Who is the tallest man you have ever seen (discounting basketball players)?

Who is the tallest guy you have seen discounting basketball players?

Once, I was in a club with my friends. There were the usual group of tall guys 6'2 to 6'4, but they were in the normal range and you wouldn't really take a second glance.

Next thing I knew, I saw a very very tall black guy walked pass. He was too tall for me to estimate his height, he was like Yao Ming/Manute Bol kind of tall and possibly the tallest guy i've ever seen in my whole life.

I stood beside him and his freaking shoulder was one and a half head taller then me. I'm 5'9. Just how damm tall is this guy? Did a rough search on the average human head length and it was 10 inches, so that guy i've met was 7'10 (5'9 + 2 and a half head) ? :eek:

I played with a 6'6 football player

My counsellor at school was white and 7 feet tall. Ni99a was schooling us on the court as well

50 yr old white guy at work about 6'9". i don't think he was a basketball player

I knew a kid who was 7'2, and he hated basketball. Skinny white kid, about 20 years old. I was partying with him for a weekend in college and it was insane watching him do just normal things. He had to lean WAY over to brush his teeth, had to lean way over to look through the little peephole on his door. Everywhere we went this dude just towered over everyone. But he was cool as hell.

6'8.

Basketball players...I've met DeMarcus Cousins and Bill Walton. Big ass mf'ers.

I met John Isner at the US Open after he was done practicing. 6'9", huge guy.

I met Richard Sligh in 2008, the year of his death.

He was 7 foot tall guy. Tallest football player ever

7 feet

Easily over 7 feet. My guess is the 7'2" to 7'4" range. I was in high school volunteering to give out food for a Seattle to Portland bike ride. I noticed a guy walking towering over everybody near him. I then realized that they were on a sidewalk and he was behind them walking off of the sidewalk, and was still at least a foot taller than the tallest guy in the area. Later, I saw his bicycle and the seat was nearly to my shoulder. Thing must have been super expensive to be custom made.

I have a friend who's 7'1"

One of my dad's neighbours has or at least had a growing disorder and is around 7"3. Man is huge.

In the chinatown in Brooklyn there is an old guy who walks around occassionaly that's a good 7'2'', 7'4''. Just huge. You can see him in the crowd a block away.

How do I know the guy wasn't a basketball player though?

[B][RIGHT]There's a kid on my course who looks about 6'7

How have so many of you encountered 7 footers?[/RIGHT][/B]

Did some drinking with this native cat I met while on vacation a few years back who was pushing 7 feet, easy. Fricken monster...

Saw this one dude at the gas station once.

Now, I've known and seen many tall people. Had a few friends above 6'7, and have met various Sun's Centers including Shaq.

This guy had them all beat. Not so much in height, even though he stood over 7 foot. This guy was just huge and stout af. He didn't even look towering like most tall people because his body was so wide; like a built 5'10 guy just blown up.

His fist was bigger than my head. He was a true giant.

I saw this black guy in a hotel lobby about 10 years ago, this guy had to be like 7'5. I say that because Ive stood next to a few 7 footers, and this guy just seemed absurdly tall. I once saw Shawn Bradley, that was a freakish experience too.

Some Sudanese guy He had to be at least 7'0 maybe a relative of manute bol:confusedshrug:

A classmate in highschool was 7'1", he had/has this tumor thingy in his brain that made him keep growing forever, he is probably even taller now.

Never met any one taller than me off the basketball court

the tallest guy I've met and had his height actually confirmed was 6'5. He used to play pro ball in europe (i think it was in serbia) in the 80s. When I met him I thought he would say he was 6"10 or tallet. Made me realise people I've seen and assumed where close to 7" are no where near it.

Going by height differential there was a kid I played football with in the under 11's age group and he was 6"1 at 11 years old, in AFL football you have a ruck where the ball it thrown up and 2 tall guys jump and tap it to someone else, he would just stand there without jumping and catch the ball every single time and the other ruckman couldn't do anything about it.

[QUOTE=LeGOAT]Never met any one taller than me off the basketball court[/QUOTE]
how tall are you?

there was a kid at my school who was 6'9 and I worked with a guy who was 6'8ish.... Tall gangly dudes.

[QUOTE=PHX_Phan]Saw this one dude at the gas station once.

Now, I've known and seen many tall people. Had a few friends above 6'7, and have met various Sun's Centers including Shaq.

This guy had them all beat. Not so much in height, even though he stood over 7 foot. This guy was just huge and stout af. He didn't even look towering like most tall people because his body was so wide; like a built 5'10 guy just blown up.

His fist was bigger than my head. He was a true giant.[/QUOTE]

I know what u mean, size and height is different. Once I saw a HUGE GUY in terms of overall size, he's probably 6'4-6'5. (He's not really that tall but imagine Ronnie Coleman kind of body with that frame).

[QUOTE=Dragonyeuw]I saw this black guy in a hotel lobby about 10 years ago, this guy had to be like 7'5. I say that because Ive stood next to a few 7 footers, and this guy just seemed absurdly tall. I once saw Shawn Bradley, that was a freakish experience too.[/QUOTE]

Hmm, cool since you have experience with tall guys...i will ask, how tall do you think the guy I met was? His shoulder was 1 and a half head higher than my head. I'm 5'9. Going by calculations, he should be around 7'10 (LOL!) I can't believe i've met someone that is even taller than the tallest guy in the NBA (If my calculations were correct). Worst case scenario though that guy was close to Yao's kind of height, he was THAT TALL.

[IMG]http://asiasociety.org/files/130212_yao_ming_astc_staff.jpg[/IMG]

Now, looking at photos..im pretty sure that guy I met was about Yao's height. You can see in this photo his shoulder was 1 to 1 and a half head taller than normal people...

Met a 7-footer on a fishing trip once. He was bigger than Shaq. I got sea legs and fell into him and almost hurt myself lol.

[QUOTE=outbreak]the tallest guy I've met and had his height actually confirmed was 6'5. He used to play pro ball in europe (i think it was in serbia) in the 80s. When I met him I thought he would say he was 6"10 or tallet. Made me realise people I've seen and assumed where close to 7" are no where near it.

Going by height differential there was a kid I played football with in the under 11's age group and he was 6"1 at 11 years old, in AFL football you have a ruck where the ball it thrown up and 2 tall guys jump and tap it to someone else, he would just stand there without jumping and catch the ball every single time and the other ruckman couldn't do anything about it.[/QUOTE]Dang, that's kind of crazy. The tallest you've ever met is 6'5''? My own brother is 6'5'' barefoot, ha.

That said, I'm struggling to think of the tallest person I've met who wasn't involved in basketball in some form. The tallest guy I played against in high school was a 6'10'' feller who ended up at William & Mary. There was a smattering of 6'7'' to 6'9''ers spread throughout the rest of our schedule. Also, I think there was a 6'11'' or seven footer at my IBL tryout who'd previously played pro ball in Luxembourg or France or something. And one of our opposing athletic directors was 6'10'', but I think he was a former ballplayer as well.

Truly struggling to think of the tallest non-basketball-related person.

My uncle is 6'7" 350 lbs. He's a big dude. But the tallest guy I've seen in person had to have been at least 7'3". I was standing at the bar waiting for the bartender and the guy stood next to me. I saw the mirror behind the bar and I looked tiny at 6'2".