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 was Dave Mackay?
Dave Mackay 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
Dave Mackay’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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Dave Mackay beside others
Dave Mackay is one of the shorter association football players we have heights for: Jan Koller (6 ft 7.5 in) stands 11.5 in (29.3 cm) taller and Chanathip Songkrasin (5 ft 2 in) is 6 in (14.7 cm) shorter. All 207 ranked, tallest first.
Also listed at 5 ft 8 in: Kieran Trippier.
- Luka Modrić: 5 ft 7.5 in (172 cm), 0.3 in (0.7 cm) shorter than Dave Mackay.
- Jesse Lingard: 5 ft 9 in (175 cm), 1 in (2.3 cm) taller than Dave Mackay.
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Where this height comes from
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