How tall was Malcolm Young?

Malcolm Young is commonly listed at 5 ft 3 in (160 cm).

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Malcolm Young’s 5 ft 3 in (160 cm) is very short for a US man: fewer than 5 in 100 US men are shorter.

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Malcolm Young beside others

Malcolm Young is one of the shorter guitarists we have heights for: Jim Root (6 ft 6 in) stands 1 ft 3 in (38 cm) taller and Angus Young (5 ft 2 in) is 1 in (2.5 cm) shorter.

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5 ft 3 in (160 cm)

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Malcolm Young, 5 ft 3 in (160 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)