5 ft 8 in (172.7 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 is Barry Sanders?
Barry Sanders is commonly listed at 5 ft 8 in (172.7 cm).
A figure repeated without a date or a measurement. Where this height comes from
Barry Sanders’s 5 ft 8 in (172.7 cm) is a little below average for a US man: about 38 in 100 US men are shorter.
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Barry Sanders beside others
Barry Sanders is one of the shorter American football players we have heights for: Ed "Too Tall" Jones (6 ft 9 in) stands 1 ft 1 in (33 cm) taller and Rudy Ruettiger (5 ft 6 in) is 2 in (5.1 cm) shorter. All 95 ranked, tallest first.
- Alex Karras: 6 ft 2 in (188 cm), 6 in (15.2 cm) taller than Barry Sanders.
- Jared Goff: 6 ft 4 in (193 cm), 8 in (20.3 cm) taller than Barry Sanders.
- Calvin Johnson: 6 ft 5 in (195.6 cm), 9 in (22.9 cm) taller than Barry Sanders.
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Where this height comes from
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