5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
A commonly listed height: it appears across many profiles, but none says when or how it was measured, so shoes and rounding may be part of the number.
Earl Campbell is commonly listed at 5 ft 11 in (180 cm).
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Earl Campbell’s 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) is a little above average for a US man: about 74 in 100 US men are shorter.
Earl Campbell is one of the shorter American football players we have heights for: Ed "Too Tall" Jones (6 ft 9 in) stands 10 in (25.7 cm) taller and Rudy Ruettiger (5 ft 6 in) is 5 in (12.4 cm) shorter. All 95 ranked, tallest first.
A commonly listed height: it appears across many profiles, but none says when or how it was measured, so shoes and rounding may be part of the number.
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