How tall was Steve Reeves?

Steve Reeves is commonly listed at 6 ft 1 in (185 cm).

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Steve Reeves’s 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) is tall for a US man: about 90 in 100 US men are shorter.

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Steve Reeves beside others

Steve Reeves is in the middle of the 17 bodybuilders we have heights for: Olivier Richters (7 ft 2 in) stands 1 ft 1 in (33 cm) taller and Lee Priest (5 ft 4 in) is 8.5 in (22 cm) shorter.

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6 ft 1 in (185 cm)

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Steve Reeves, 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)