6 ft 0 in (182.9 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 Fran Tarkenton?
Fran Tarkenton is commonly listed at 6 ft 0 in (182.9 cm).
A figure repeated without a date or a measurement. Where this height comes from
Fran Tarkenton’s 6 ft 0 in (182.9 cm) is tall for a US man: about 85 in 100 US men are shorter.
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Fran Tarkenton beside others
Fran Tarkenton is one of the shorter American football players we have heights for: Ed "Too Tall" Jones (6 ft 9 in) stands 9 in (22.9 cm) taller and Rudy Ruettiger (5 ft 6 in) is 6 in (15.2 cm) shorter. All 95 ranked, tallest first.
- Odell Beckham Jr.: 5 ft 11 in (180.3 cm), 1 in (2.5 cm) shorter than Fran Tarkenton.
- Justin Jefferson: 6 ft 1 in (185.4 cm), 1 in (2.5 cm) taller than Fran Tarkenton.
- Russell Wilson: 5 ft 11 in (180 cm), 1 in (2.9 cm) shorter than Fran Tarkenton.
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Photo: Steve Burns, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.
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