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Dave Cowens

How tall is Dave Cowens?

Dave Cowens is commonly listed at 6 ft 9 in (205.7 cm).

A figure repeated without a date or a measurement. Where this height comes from

Dave Cowens’s 6 ft 9 in (205.7 cm) is very tall for a US man: more than 95 in 100 US men are shorter.

Where your height fallsEveryone about 6 ft 9 in

Dave Cowens is taller than the average US woman by 1 ft 5.5 in (44.5 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Dave Cowens: 6 ft 9 in (205.7 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Dave Cowens is taller than the average US man by 1 ft 0 in (30.6 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). Dave Cowens is taller than the average US woman by 1 ft 5.5 in (44.5 cm).Dave Cowens is taller than the average US woman by 1 ft 5.5 in (44.5 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Dave Cowens: 6 ft 9 in (205.7 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Dave Cowens is taller than the average US man by 1 ft 0 in (30.6 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). Dave Cowens is taller than the average US woman by 1 ft 5.5 in (44.5 cm).

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Dave Cowens beside others

Dave Cowens is in the middle of the 158 basketball players we have heights for: Suleiman Ali Nashnush (8 ft 0.5 in) stands 1 ft 3.5 in (39.3 cm) taller and Muggsy Bogues (5 ft 3 in) is 1 ft 6 in (45.7 cm) shorter.

Also listed at 6 ft 9 in: Larry Bird and Blake Griffin.

  • Anthony Davis: 6 ft 10 in (208 cm), 1 in (2.3 cm) taller than Dave Cowens.

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Where this height comes from

6 ft 9 in (205.7 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

Photo: Robert Kingsbury, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

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Dave Cowens, 6 ft 9 in (206 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)