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Jim Thorpe

How tall was Jim Thorpe?

Jim Thorpe is commonly listed at 6 ft 1 in (185.4 cm).

A figure repeated without a date or a measurement. Where this height comes from

Jim Thorpe’s 6 ft 1 in (185.4 cm) is tall for a US man: about 91 in 100 US men are shorter.

Where your height fallsEveryone about 6 ft 1 in

Jim Thorpe is taller than the average US woman by 9.5 in (24.2 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Jim Thorpe: 6 ft 1 in (185.4 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Jim Thorpe is taller than the average US man by 4 in (10.3 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). Jim Thorpe is taller than the average US woman by 9.5 in (24.2 cm).Jim Thorpe is taller than the average US woman by 9.5 in (24.2 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Jim Thorpe: 6 ft 1 in (185.4 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Jim Thorpe is taller than the average US man by 4 in (10.3 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). Jim Thorpe is taller than the average US woman by 9.5 in (24.2 cm).

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Jim Thorpe beside others

Jim Thorpe is in the middle of the 20 athletes we have heights for: Jorge González (7 ft 7 in) stands 1 ft 6 in (45.6 cm) taller and Allyson Felix (5 ft 6 in) is 7 in (17.8 cm) shorter.

Also listed at 6 ft 1 in: Jennie Finch.

  • Caitlyn Jenner: 6 ft 2 in (188 cm), 1 in (2.5 cm) taller than Jim Thorpe.
  • Emil Zátopek: 5 ft 11.5 in (182 cm), 1.5 in (3.4 cm) shorter than Jim Thorpe.

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Where this height comes from

6 ft 1 in (185.4 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

Photo: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

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Jim Thorpe, 6 ft 1 in (185 cm), drawn to scale beside the average US man, 5 ft 9 in (175 cm), and the average US woman, 5 ft 3.5 in (161 cm)