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.
Source: Wikipedia
How tall is John Elway?
John Elway 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
John Elway’s 6 ft 3 in (190.5 cm) is very tall for a US man: more than 95 in 100 US men are shorter.
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John Elway beside others
John Elway is in the middle of the 95 American football players we have heights for: Ed "Too Tall" Jones (6 ft 9 in) stands 6 in (15.2 cm) taller and Rudy Ruettiger (5 ft 6 in) is 9 in (22.9 cm) shorter. All 95 ranked, tallest first.
Also listed at 6 ft 3 in: Lyle Alzado.
- Jerry Rice: 6 ft 2 in (188 cm), 1 in (2.5 cm) shorter than John Elway.
- Shannon Sharpe: 6 ft 2 in (188 cm), 1 in (2.5 cm) shorter than John Elway.
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Where this height comes from
Photo: Staff Sergeant Bradley Lail, United States Air Force, derivative work by Gogus, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.
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