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Scot says on 1/Feb/12
In Scotland it is not really related to height. Many short people are called 'Big Yin' just as fat people might be called 'Slim'! It is a type of joke used as a term of endearment or respect.
Callum says on 26/Jan/12
Met him last week. 5'10 1/2". Beatlefan says on 22/Dec/11
He always looked pretty tall to me, larger than life. Probably more to do with his character and personality. He was called the Big Yin when he worked as a welder in the shipyards of Glasgow in the mid/late 1950's, I guess people were smaller then?. When he started as a school leaver he was quite small and then shot up in height and everyone started calling him the Big Yin, the name just stuck over the years. jake, 1.82 m says on 19/Oct/11
If he looks shorter these days (and I agree he does) why not have a peak/current height listing? 181-182 cm now?
[Editor Rob: possibly soon] Rampage(-_-_-)Clover says on 29/Jun/11
182cm nowadays I think dg says on 10/Feb/11
walked past him a few days ago in the street... i'm 5'11.5" and he was a little shorter than me. that said you do shrink with age. James says on 11/Jan/11
Well at 6ft he was big hence his nickname. Mind you he did not look big besides Liam Neeson :) |
