Robby D. says on 6/Dec/11
I read that Bryan Robson was actually 5'5" when he was about 16 or 17 years old and in an effort to increase his height he went on a special diet and did weight training. He managed to get to 5'10".

Maximus Meridius says on 26/Nov/11
Rob Michael Owen was 5ft 6in when he was 18 now he is 5ft 7.75in a weak 5ft 8in he has grown nearly 2 inches is it possible for anyone to grow after 18.

Robby D says on 19/Nov/11
theenforcer22 - I know Owen is obviously taller than 5'0", my point is that I don't believe anyone would refer to someone of 5'8" as five foot nothing, 5'7" possibly but unlikely, 5'6" more likely.

theenforcer22 says on 17/Nov/11
Alan Hansen has always referred to him as "five foot nothing."
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Well 5 ft 8 is nearer his true height than 5 ft 0 so why quote Alan Hansen?

Jake King says on 13/Nov/11
People always underestimate people's height on this site. I don't know why, but my guess is people have a biased agenda.

Mr-KILLER-SHRIMP says on 21/Oct/11
@Dean 5ft 9.25
No need to apologize for your essay mate, I like long posts about footballers' heights :P .
You should check out the David Beckham page for links to pictures of Beckham and Tony Blair. Blair is listed as 6ft (183cm) here and Beckham looks only 1cm shorter than him so 181-182cm for Beckham is my guess. I always thought Shearer was a tiny bit shorter than Becks so 180-181cm is my guess for Shearer. I don't see him as low as 178cm though, check out the pictures of Shearer and 172cm Owen - the difference is more than 6cm I think. Rooney 175cm seems right. But I still think Lampard and Gerrard are 6 footers mate, Lampard is clearly taller than Beckham in almost every picture I see of them. Lampard around 183cm, Gerrard around 184cm is my guess.

Dean 5ft 9.25 says on 18/Oct/11
@ KIller Shrimp - In All of those cases youve listed them at the absolute MAX thats possible :P
Ill say between where I think is possible for all of them:

Shearer: 178-181cm
Beckham: 180-181.5cm
Rooney: 174-175.5cm
Lampard: 181.5-183cm
Gerrard: 182.5-184cm

^^ Impossible out of those ranges for either of them.

Gerrard has claimed 6ft before..Ive never really thought Stevey G was over 6ft(if anything a smidge under). Hes certainly never 185 but possibly at very best around 184cm?
- strong 183 at night like 183-183.4 is my guess for Stevie(6'0.25).

Lampard is NEVER over 6ft and could be 5'11.5.
- somewhere around 182(181.8-182.2) at night for Lamps.

Beckham always appears 181 at best and could be near 180(he was listed 179 early career, did he grow?) hes certainly too clearly under 6ft to be more than 181.
- A solid strong 5'11 (180.3-180.6cm) is my guess for sir david.

Rooney is clearly not short but clearly not 5'10. Hes like my kinda range or maybe a smidge smaller.
- My guess for wayne is around 175cm(174.8-175.2)

Shearer is the toughest I really cant pin him down. He cant be more than 181cm but does occasionally look kinda average. I could see as low as 178cm even its really difficult!
- Id say somewhere around a weak 5'11 179-180cm is where my money would be.

Aplogys for essay :P

Mr-KILLER-SHRIMP says on 14/Oct/11
@Dean 5ft 9.25
Thanks for replying to my post. I think you're right, some footballers heights are boosted for some reason. In a few rare cases a players height might be downgraded instead. W-pedia is a worthless website IMO. They list Beckham and Gerrard at 183cm, and Lampard at 184cm. This is virtually impossible. Lampard is clearly more than 1cm taller than Beckham in this picture:
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And Gerrard is clearly taller than Lampard in this picture:
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In addition they list Shearer at 183cm which he is clearly not.

My estimates (maybe i'm being too generous in some cases):
Shearer: 180-181cm
Beckham: 181-182cm
Rooney: 175-176cm
Lampard: 183-184cm
Gerrard: 184-185cm

Dean 5ft 9.25 says on 12/Oct/11
@ Jake 1.82 - heres what I think:

Gerrard: 6ft on the dot.
Owen: 5'7.5-5'7.75
Beckham: 5'11-5'11.25
Rooney: 5'9-5'9.25
Messi: 5'6.25-5'6.5
Ronaldo: Weak 6'1 or 6'1 on the dot at most (There was a show testing his skills on sky sports and he was put at 185.1cm so I doubt hes over 6'1 at night and maybe a little under if 185.1cm)

@ Killer Shrimp - Ive always thought Shearer was a blatent liar about his 6ft claim. He is clearly not a 182cm+ guy. Somewhere between 178-181?
179-180cm for Shearer would be my guess most likely as IMO he appears solid average and slightly above so cant be lower than 179cm. Saying that though, the picture with weak 5'8 Peter Beardsley/181 ranged David Beckham makes him look about 177 lol.
Roy Keane IMO is never 178cm either. He often looked kinda under average. I pegged him at a weak 5'9 but at best a strong 5'9 no more than 176cm for Keano.
Stuart Peace is another 5'10 claimer whoes 5'9 at best.

You never know with footballers its all BS lol. You get some that look a comfertable 2 inches shorter than they are listed.

Im 175.5cm at night and a few mm taller midday(around 175.9cm 5'9.25).
Now If I was a footballer I should be listed 176cm IMO. However Id stick a pair of football boots on that put me 178-179 and then Id round up and say "about 5'11". Id get listed as 5'11(180cm) when really im 176cm at best, a good 4cm shorter. Shearer "183cm" is probably "179cm" you see how it works?
Obviously some are actually close to being right or actually maybe a slight downgrade.
A good example of a downgrade is Adam Johnson of England and Man City. Hes listed at 5'9 on alot of sites. Take a look at him? is that a 5'9 guy? he looks tallish at least 5'10 and IMO near 5'11?
What do you think rob?
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Mr-KILLER-SHRIMP says on 11/Oct/11
Does anyone know Alan Shearer's height? He is listed as 183cm (6ft0in) on w-pedia but he doesn't look 183 in these pictures:
Shearer with 172cm Michael Owen:
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Shearer with 178cm Roy Keane:
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Shearer with 182cm David Beckham:
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Shearer next to 178cm Stuart Pearce:
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theenforcer22 says on 29/Sep/11
Other players whose heights are wrong (Everton ones):
Tony Hibbert 5ft 7 but often listed at 5 ft 8
Leon Osman listed at 5ft 8 but looks smaller than this. Leighton Baines listed at 5 ft 7 but probably 5 ft 6. Seem to be given an extra inch at times.

jake, 1.82 m says on 28/Sep/11
Some of my estimates:

Gerrard: 6ft 0.25in
Owen: 5ft 7.75in
Beckham: 5ft 11.25in
Rooney: 5ft 9in
Messi: 5ft 6.25in
C. Ronaldo: 6ft 1.25in

chilean says on 4/Sep/11
mmmmm
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strong 5'7 max 5.7'5 he have a massive head too xD

Robby D. says on 26/Jul/11
Lorent. In the world cup before last, Michael Owen was listed as 170cm, I don't know where he gets his 5'8" claims from, Alan Hansen has always referred to him as "five foot nothing." I am starting to wonder whether the listed heights of footballers are the heights in their football boots and the studs give that extra height. Footballers heights are exaggerated, for example, when Ian Wright was playing he was listed as 5'11" yet I heard he was measured on T.V and was only 5'9" wearing his shoes, to his credit he always said his height was 5'8". I remember Kevin Keegan used to be listed as 5'8" he always looked shorter and when he appeared on "This Is You Life" in the seventies, wearing the then fashionable platform shoes, he was asked by Eamon Andrews how tall he was and he replied, "If I take these platform shoes off, I drop down to about 5'6". When Joe Cole was with West Ham United he was listed as 5'7" he moved to Chelsea and was immediately listed as 5'9" Steven Carr was always listed as 5'7" when he played for Tottenham, he transferred to Newcastle and was listed as 5'9". Kieron Dyer was another player whose height increased from 5'7" to 5'9" when he was transferred. In my opinion the only short players whose heights are listed with a degree of accuaracy are Aaron Lennon, Jermaine Defoe and perhaps, Shaun Wright-Phillips. Robbie Keane is listed as 5'9" and he does not look that height to me.

Lorent says on 24/Jul/11
Michael Owen 1,70 or less I cant really say but he looks very short
and the best player of the world Lionel Messi is 1,67 I met him in a sporta club

Robby D. says on 21/Jul/11
Parker - That is an interesting photo and I must confess that I am amazed. I had never seen Tevez and Messi together before only separately on T.V. playing for their clubs. From that observation I would have thought Messi was a couple of inches taller, probably because Tevez stockier build makes him look shorter on T.V. That photo proves otherwise.

chilean says on 20/Jul/11
Parker says on 20/Jul/11
Tevez with 5'6/5'7 Lionel Messi
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Robby - He looks closer to 5'8 than 5'6 to me.


parker please looks tevez`s posture , he is 169 , the same as messi

Parker says on 20/Jul/11
Tevez with 5'6/5'7 Lionel Messi
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Robby - He looks closer to 5'8 than 5'6 to me.

Robby D. says on 15/Jul/11
Parker. I don't think Carlos Tevez is as short as 5'4". I have seen him listed as 173cm (5'8") and 168cm (5'6"). If I had to guess I would go for 5'6".

Parker says on 22/Jun/11
If Carlos Tevez is 5'4 as suggested, what height is Maradona?

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Al says on 28/May/11
All I know is messi is between 5'6 and 5'7. Height not too important.

johnO says on 14/May/11
In the FA Cup line up Tevez is a shrimp. With Shawcross at 1.91m, Tezez is at least one full head height shorter. that is around 28cm which makes Tevez (being generous) 1.63 or 5'4" in the old money. Certainly not 5'8" as claimed

Djimi184 says on 30/Apr/11
Beckham is not over 6 foot. 5´11" at most. Gerrard is 6 foot flat, Lampard is a weak 6 footer, Owen is 5´7" and Rooney is 5´9".

hs2011 says on 24/Apr/11
Owen isn't 172cm. Here he is with 176cm (per Manchester United) Wayne Rooney:
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Owen is closer to 5'6" than 5'8" IMO.

Ali says on 23/Jan/11
Player of century Maradona has a height of 5"5.

Dean says on 21/Jan/11
Gerrard aint more than 6ft solid. He looks solidly tall but no more..people dont think 6ft looks tall but hes an example of a legit one who does..he could be 183.5 or as high as 184 at best but that pic with Beckham aint a good one..Beckham is no more than 181cm anyway and maybe as low as 180.5.

Beckham 180.5cm Gerrard 183.5cm is the truth for me. Rooney 174 or 175..Owen 171 or 172.

Anonymous says on 20/Jan/11
Owen is about 5'7.5, Rooney always had a inch or so on him and...

Rooney is 5'8.5 when standing next to 5'7 Scholes.

maximus meridius says on 13/Jan/11
Michael Owen was 5ft 6in when he was 18 now he is 5ft 7.75in he has grown nearly 2 inches is it possible for anyone to grow after 18.

Andrej Ukr says on 1/Jan/11
I do not believe that Gerrard 183 cm. If Beckham is 181-182 cm, 185 Gerrard definitely! I think that Lampard and Gerrard are very slouch, and so appear smaller than they really are!

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short man syndrome says on 1/Jan/11
Gerrard's 6 foot flat.

Andrej Ukr says on 28/Dec/10
Lampard is 6'0,5";
Gerrard is 6'1";
Torres is 6'1"
Owen is 5'7,5"

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Jimmy says on 16/Dec/10
Dean, don't think Gerrard is a weak 6'. I've seen a ton of pictures of both Lampard and Gerrard and if anything Gerrard is the taller of the two. And Lampard definitely isn't shorter than about 5'11.5 at the absolute lowest.

Torres is definitely 6'1. It's just funny how when he's on form he's this towering man and then when he's badly out of it he comes back down to earth. Although Andy Gray would call Wayne Rooney 6'4 if he thought he could get away with it...such is his love for him.

I still think Rooney's a strong 5'8. He's definitely taller than 5'7 Owen but shorter than 5'9 Neville.

Dean says on 12/Dec/10
Fernando Torres is about 6'1 he definetly looks tall(has the edge on 6ft Gerrard) I saw the 5'11 thing from andy gray on a monday night special lol..thought it was utter rubbish...Rooney only an inch taller than Torres? lol Gerrard towers Rooney so Torres would even more...Rooney is no more than 5'9 but possibly 5'8.5...Torres 6'1 possibly 184cm but no lower for me unless Gerrard is a weak 6ft then possibly Torres 183cm.

Jimmy says on 8/Dec/10
I always thought Malouda was 5'11 before he joined Chelsea. Every site listed him as that and it was only when he did an interview alongside his friend Sagna that the two were almost identical in height (if not more in Sagna's favour).

Then I saw a picture of Malouda in a huddle with A.Cole (5'7), Lampard (6'0), Drogba (6'2) and Ballack (6'3) and Malouda was significantly smaller than all and just taller than Cole.

It's funny how only footballers grow and shrink based on reputation. Fernando Torres was 6' when he was 18/19, then 6'1 when he joined Liverpool and then 6' when he went through a bad patch earlier this year. I actually saw a paper listing him as 5'11 at one point this summer!

Dean says on 7/Dec/10
@ David william - micheal owen 5'4? are you crazy..he is near what he claims but for me is closer to 5'7 no less though..he is probably rounding up his 171cm height to 5'8...at least hes not as bad as some of them mentioned down there putting 5cm or so on their height.
another 1 that makes me laugh is Aqulani of Liverpool. 186cm!! he looks about 5'11 at most...dont understand how they list them!

Anonymous says on 7/Dec/10
agree jimmy...Ronaldo is no more than 185. Fabregas always looks small 5'10 total rubbish, 5'8 probably. The funniest though is Malouda 5'11 hahahaa..he looks definetly smaller than 5'10 either 5'9 or even 5'8 for him as well..they measure with boots on and then lie 1/2-1 inch so really there about 1.5-2 inch more than reality. If I was a footballer at my height which is a legit 5'9(175.5cm) Id wear my boots which would put me 177.5-178.5(5'10-5'10.5) then Id think hmmm Im 5'11! lol..you can see why they do it ha

Stiffelio says on 22/Nov/10
Jimmy, thanks for the pictures. Give or take a 1/2 inch, Rooney at 5'9 or 5'9.5 makes sense.

david william says on 21/Nov/10
having met Michael Owen and obtained his autograph I can categorically state he is not 5'8" tall. Much more like 5'4" - if that. Obviously has an issue with his height - he should stand tall and be happy with what he's got!!

Jimmy says on 20/Nov/10
Click Here - Wayne Rooney and 6'0.5 Cristiano Ronaldo

Click Here - Wayne Rooney and 6' Steven Gerrard

Click Here - Wayne Rooney and 6' Lampard and 6'1 Terry

Click Here - Wayne Rooney and 5'9 Gary Neville

Stiffelio says on 20/Nov/10
Wayne Rooney is 5'9.5 barefoot

Jimmy says on 19/Nov/10
Footballers are measured with their football boots on. That means they get an added inch.

Examples of poor heights for footballers:
Daniel Sturridge - 6'2 = no taller than 5'10
Cristiano Ronaldo - 6'2 = no taller than 6'0.5
Henrique Hilario - 6'2 = no taller than 5'11
Cesc Fabregas - 5'9 (sometimes 5'10) = no taller than 5'8
Florent Malouda - 5'11 = yet he's no taller than 5'9 Bacary Sagna
Wayne Rooney - 5'10 = always looked 5'8. Don't know why he's still got that listing

Frankstein says on 30/Oct/10
Mike says on 7/Nov/09
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Dimitar Berbatov - 6'2
Sir Alex Ferguson - 5'10
Wayne Rooney - 5'9.25
Michael Owen - 5'7.5

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Then those heights are TOTAL bull****, My father is 6'3,5" and I'm 5'9", so there SHOULD be a lot more difference than there is between rooney and berbatov, rooney is listed taller than me an berbatov shorter than my dad on your post, yet when me and my father stand by each other there is the same (OR EVEN LESS) difference than there is between rooney and berbatov in that pic, this is it. Click Here This is me and my dad (and a girl), you can see both me and rooney standing right on the line of the mouth of my dad and berbatov, when there should be 4 inches more between me and my father ACCORDING TO THE HEIGHTS ROONEY AND BERBATOV ARE BILLED ON. THIS IS FACT. (I'm not english sorry if I wrote wrongly)