6 ft 5 in (195.6 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
Howie Long is commonly listed at 6 ft 5 in (195.6 cm).
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Howie Long’s 6 ft 5 in (195.6 cm) is very tall for a US man: more than 95 in 100 US men are shorter.
Howie Long is one of the taller American football players we have heights for: Ed "Too Tall" Jones (6 ft 9 in) stands 4 in (10.2 cm) taller and Rudy Ruettiger (5 ft 6 in) is 11 in (27.9 cm) shorter. All 95 ranked, tallest first.
Also listed at 6 ft 5 in: Fernando Mendoza.
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: Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Meranda Keller, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.
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