6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
A commonly listed height, as Wikipedia gives it, with no date or method, so shoes and rounding may be part of the number.
Source: Wikipedia
How tall was Alex Karras?
Alex Karras is commonly listed at 6 ft 2 in (188 cm).
A figure repeated without a date or a measurement. Where this height comes from
Alex Karras’s 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) is very tall for a US man: more than 95 in 100 US men are shorter.
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Alex Karras beside others
Alex Karras is in the middle of the 95 American football players we have heights for: Ed "Too Tall" Jones (6 ft 9 in) stands 7 in (17.8 cm) taller and Rudy Ruettiger (5 ft 6 in) is 8 in (20.3 cm) shorter. All 95 ranked, tallest first.
- Jared Goff: 6 ft 4 in (193 cm), 2 in (5.1 cm) taller than Alex Karras.
- Calvin Johnson: 6 ft 5 in (195.6 cm), 3 in (7.6 cm) taller than Alex Karras.
- Barry Sanders: 5 ft 8 in (172.7 cm), 6 in (15.2 cm) shorter than Alex Karras.
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Where this height comes from
Photo: CBS Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.
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