6 ft 2 in (188 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 was O. J. Simpson?
O. J. Simpson is commonly listed at 6 ft 2 in (188 cm).
A figure repeated without a date or a measurement. Where this height comes from
O. J. Simpson’s 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) is very tall for a US man: more than 95 in 100 US men are shorter.
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O. J. Simpson beside others
O. J. Simpson is in the middle of the 95 American football players we have heights for: Ed "Too Tall" Jones (6 ft 9 in) stands 7 in (17.8 cm) taller and Rudy Ruettiger (5 ft 6 in) is 8 in (20.3 cm) shorter. All 95 ranked, tallest first.
Also listed at 6 ft 2 in: Joe Montana, Jerry Rice and Steve Young.
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Where this height comes from
Photo: Gerald Johnson, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.
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