6 ft 3 in (190.5 cm)
A commonly listed height, as Wikipedia gives it, with no date or method, so shoes and rounding may be part of the number.
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How tall was Jerry West?
Jerry West is commonly listed at 6 ft 3 in (190.5 cm).
A figure repeated without a date or a measurement. Where this height comes from
Jerry West’s 6 ft 3 in (190.5 cm) is very tall for a US man: more than 95 in 100 US men are shorter.
Other reports range from 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) to 6 ft 3 in (190.5 cm); the drawing and the comparisons on this page use 6 ft 3 in (190.5 cm). Each one is listed below with where it comes from.
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Jerry West beside others
Jerry West is one of the shorter basketball players we have heights for: Suleiman Ali Nashnush (8 ft 0.5 in) stands 1 ft 9.5 in (54.5 cm) taller and Muggsy Bogues (5 ft 3 in) is 1 ft 0 in (30.5 cm) shorter.
Also listed at 6 ft 3 in: Steve Nash and Jeremy Lin.
- Bronny James: 6 ft 2 in (188 cm), 1 in (2.5 cm) shorter than Jerry West.
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6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Another commonly listed height, repeated across profiles with no date or method published.
Draw this heightPhoto: Malcolm W. Emmons, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.
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