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Sam Snead

How tall was Sam Snead?

Sam Snead is commonly listed at 5 ft 11 in (180.3 cm).

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

Sam Snead’s 5 ft 11 in (180.3 cm) is a little above average for a US man: about 76 in 100 US men are shorter.

Where your height fallsEveryone about 5 ft 11 in

Sam Snead is taller than the average US woman by 7.5 in (19.1 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Sam Snead: 5 ft 11 in (180.3 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Sam Snead is taller than the average US man by 2 in (5.2 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). Sam Snead is taller than the average US woman by 7.5 in (19.1 cm).Sam Snead is taller than the average US woman by 7.5 in (19.1 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Sam Snead: 5 ft 11 in (180.3 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Sam Snead is taller than the average US man by 2 in (5.2 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). Sam Snead is taller than the average US woman by 7.5 in (19.1 cm).

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Sam Snead beside others

Sam Snead is in the middle of the 14 golfers we have heights for: Ernie Els (6 ft 3 in) stands 4 in (10.2 cm) taller and Gary Player (5 ft 6 in) is 5 in (12.7 cm) shorter.

  • Arnold Palmer: 5 ft 10 in (177.8 cm), 1 in (2.5 cm) shorter than Sam Snead.
  • Jack Nicklaus: 5 ft 10 in (177.8 cm), 1 in (2.5 cm) shorter than Sam Snead.
  • Lexi Thompson: 6 ft 0 in (182.9 cm), 1 in (2.5 cm) taller than Sam Snead.

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Where this height comes from

5 ft 11 in (180.3 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: ABC Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

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Sam Snead, 5 ft 11 in (180 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)