How tall was Buffalo Bill?

Buffalo Bill is commonly listed at 6 ft 0 in (183 cm).

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Buffalo Bill’s 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) is tall for a US man: about 85 in 100 US men are shorter.

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6 ft 0 in (183 cm)

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Photo: Moffett, Chicago, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

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Buffalo Bill, 6 ft 0 in (183 cm), drawn to scale beside the average US man, 5 ft 9 in (175 cm), and the average US woman, 5 ft 3.5 in (161 cm)