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maximus meridius says on 21/Jul/10
Michael Owen was 5ft 6in when he was 18 he is 5ft 9in now it's possible he has grown 3 inches since then
Anonymous says on 27/Jun/10
Owen said 5'8, He might be 5'8 Morning and go as low as 5'7.25 or 5'7.5, of course if he was about 5'7.75 he would Just say 5'8 as it makes sense not many people measure their height to 1/4 icnhes and rounding off 1/4 icnh si fair and resonable.
Wayne Ronney gets Listed 178- 5'10, He is 175/176 I think. jim short says on 31/Mar/10
my mate minded him a few times,and he says he is about my height which is 5'5.he also says that all footy players r smaller than they make out they r! midgetman says on 21/Mar/10
Lmeister -sorry mate but you have been talking about this for nearly 5 years now. About time you moved on now? Even Parker got bored of this topic by last year. Dylan says on 5/Mar/10
Lmeister - Another player who gained 2 inches after he was transferred was Stephen Carr. He was listed as 5'7" at Tottenham, he transfers to Newcastle and is listed as 5'9" Lmeister says on 3/Mar/10
Joe Cole and Craig Bellamy are both around 5ft7-8. Joe Cole is clearly shorter than Wayne Rooney(5ft9.5) and Scott Parker(5ft9). He might be 5ft8 in the morning. Craig Bellamy was listed 5ft6 at Liverpool and 5ft7 on some sites. Curiously he is listed 5ft7.4 on some websites maybe thats is were the 175cm conversion error came from and finally he is listed 5ft9 LOL He is still shorter 5ft8.5 Nigel De Jong. Joe Cole 5ft8 and Bellamy 5ft7.4 Dylan says on 23/Jan/10
Anonymous - When Joe Cole was with West Ham United he was listed as 5'7" and he was over 21. He gets transferred to Chelsea and suddenly grows two inches. Footballers heights are inflated, I think half of them are measured in their football boots! Spur says on 21/Jan/10
Solid 5'8" (1.73 m), very low centre of gravity. Midget? Average height. In comparison to centre-backs he's going to look small. Alberto is likely to be smaller than him, how ironic. Anonymous says on 10/Jan/10
Funny thing is Joe Cole is listed anywhere between 5"9 and 5"10 and a half! while rooney is listed at 5"10! Now way in hell is Joe Cole even 5"9! He looks the same as Owen maybe even shorter Vibram says on 11/Dec/09
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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Good find. I agree more or less. Alex Ferguson was registered 5ft11 as a player back in the 1960s. He's now 67-years-old and around a flat or weak 5ft10. Rooney is 5ft9⅓ (176cm) for sure, not the 5ft10 he's always listed. Owen looks all of 5ft7.75, and at times 5ft8. Rossdale says on 8/Dec/09
Seen him next to Park Ji Sung, and he looked about 2 cm shorter. And he was listed as 5'7 many years ago. This guy looks 5'6-5'7. Stiffelio says on 24/Nov/09
I read somwhere in a forum were they were debating football players boot sizes and they said Owen wore a UK size 8 (not 6), sometimes a 7 because football players prefer tight boots. That makes a lot more sense. BTW Rooney was listed as UK size 9, as was Beckham. Dylan says on 24/Nov/09
Martyn - Yes I agree people in the 6ft range have much larger shoe sizes, however, when discussing Michael Owen the heigh range being debated is between 5'6" and 5'8". SFM seems to believe that because he took a UK size six shoe size then he must be 5'8". The average shoe size for a man around 5'8" in my opinion would be around 7 to 7 1/2 perhaps 8. If I had to guess the height of a person who took a size 6 shoe which is barely an adult size, I would probably have guessed in the 5'4" range. A person of 5'8" would have to be very small boned to take a size 6 size. Having said that, I once heard that Clive Allen took a size 6 football boot and he was listed as being 5'9" so it is just impossible to tell. Martyn says on 24/Nov/09
Size 6 is tiny for a guy but then he is 5'8" whereas I'm 6'1" as I'm a size 12 UK and so my feet would look huge next to his. Dylan says on 17/Nov/09
SFM - Since when has your shoe size had any bearing on your height?? Dylan says on 17/Nov/09
He must be pretty small boned if he takes a UK size 6! SFM says on 16/Nov/09
I would say 172cm is right. He is uk size 6 feet.
I'm 170-171cm and uk size 7 feet. I would say we are similar builds 10-11stone and around 30ins inside leg.
Michael Owen looks taller than say Scholes who looks around 169-170cm.
George Best was 173cm at his peek and uk size 7 feet at 10-10st 7 lbs when he was probably the greatest player in the world in 1967-68. European player of the year in 1968, League Champion in 1967, Top Division goalscorer 28 goals and 32 goals in all competitions. European Cup winner - 1968, scoring in the final.
Pele was about 171-172cm, 5 ft 7.5 or 5 ft 7.75in at his peek and he was the greatest player in the world, certainly from 1958-62 and again in 1969-70.
He was majestic in the 1970 World cup finals.
Jimmy Greaves the greatest English striker ever was 173cm, 5ft 8in tall. He scored 44 goals for England in 57 caps. That will never be repeated.
I think he was the top goalscorer in the first Division for about 5 different seasons in the 60s. Sadly he got injured in the 1966 World cup and Geoff Hurst replaced him, nevermind. MD says on 11/Nov/09
Dylan, Michael is standing noticeably closer to the camera. If he lined up with Rooney, you would better see the difference. Dylan says on 9/Nov/09
I would say Owen looks nearer 5'8" in that photograph Mike posted. I am surprised though, I thought he was alot shorter than Rooney. MD says on 7/Nov/09
Very good picture, Mike! 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 Mike says on 4/Nov/09
Anonymous says on 15/Oct/09
Mike says on 25/Aug/09
Owen looks 5'8 to me. Definitely not a 'midget', just slightly below average for a UK male, although I guess you could say he is 'short' compared to a lot of strikers
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Which strikers is he short compared to? Carlos Tevez? Craig Bellamy? Robinho? Jermaine Defoe? Theo Walcott? Andy Johnson? Robbie Keane? Darius Vassell? Henri Camara?
You make it sound like it's the 'norm' for strikers to be tall, when this is clearly not the case.
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Well, compared those players you have just listed, no, he would not be considered short.
However, I should point out that Carlos Tevez, Jermaine Defoe Craig Bellamy, Robinho, Theo Walcott and Darius Vassell are all wingers/second strikers, whereas Michael Owen is more of a centre forward, so this doesn't prove/disprove anything.
Here is a list of some of the top CFs and their heights:
Fernando Torres - 6'1
Luis Fabiano - 6'0
Didier Drogba - 6'2.5
Samuel Eto'o - 5'11
Zlatan Ibrahimović - 6'5
Ruud van Nistelrooy - 6'2.5
Emmanuel Adebayor- 6'3
Dimitar Berbatov - 6'2
Robin van Persie - 6'2
Karim Benzema - 6'0
Thierry Henry - 6'2
Hopefully this shows you that Michael Owen, at 5'8 (I'm actually now thinking he's closer 5'7.5) is considered 'short', for the position he plays in.
Amongst this crowd, Random Person says on 21/Oct/09
Rooney 5'9.75 Owen 5'7 Alex says on 18/Oct/09
Footballers heights are always inflated. Wayne Rooney's listed at 5'10 a lot of the time, and my friend who's 5'9 has met him and said Rooney was a bit shorter than him. I'd say Owen is dead on 5'7.
You're friend is talking bulls..., wayne is at least 5 ft 9.5... Anonymous says on 15/Oct/09
Mike says on 25/Aug/09
Owen looks 5'8 to me. Definitely not a 'midget', just slightly below average for a UK male, although I guess you could say he is 'short' compared to a lot of strikers
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Which strikers is he short compared to? Carlos Tevez? Craig Bellamy? Robinho? Jermaine Defoe? Theo Walcott? Andy Johnson? Robbie Keane? Darius Vassell? Henri Camara?
You make it sound like it's the 'norm' for strikers to be tall, when this is clearly not the case. Anonymous says on 7/Oct/09
Footballers heights are always inflated. Wayne Rooney's listed at 5'10 a lot of the time, and my friend who's 5'9 has met him and said Rooney was a bit shorter than him. I'd say Owen is dead on 5'7. Anonymous says on 20/Sep/09
I think owen is 5'8 even. Rob, add that he plays for United above. As that is pretty major, especially seen as he just ended manchester city in 96th minute. legend. Dylan says on 4/Sep/09
I think Rob has got his height about right, slightly under 5'8", possibly nearer 5'7.5" than 5'8" Phil180 says on 31/Aug/09
Looking at the picture, Rooney is a smidge taller than Owen & Becks fairly towers over the both of them. But the fact remains, I have met him & Michael Owen's 5'8, factoid :-) filip 5 10 says on 30/Aug/09
hey,look at the picture with 5 10 rooney ,michael must be min 179cm tall,min 177cm,172 or less is absolutely ridicilous Phil180 says on 26/Aug/09
I met Michael Owen about 7 years ago, I'm 5'11 and I could see well over his head, he's 5'8 JUST. However, he's surprisingly well built & has a VERY big head, when you take that into account he looks shorter than he actually is. He's a very pleasant chap, by the way. Mike says on 25/Aug/09
Owen looks 5'8 to me. Definitely not a 'midget', just slightly below average for a UK male, although I guess you could say he is 'short' compared to a lot of strikers. Mister P says on 14/Aug/09
5 ft 8 seems right yeah Parker says on 21/Jul/09
I always though of Tevez as quite short,however looking at him against 5'5 Maradona, he does look to be at least 5'7
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Looks a legit 5'8 in latest pics with 5'10 Alex Ferguson Lmeister says on 17/Jul/09
Hehe according to Man City website even Carlos Tevez is 5ft8 and Craig Bellamy 5ft9. Carlos has been listed 5ft6-5ft7 before and Bellamy as low as 5ft6. Compared to Nigel de Jong 5ft8-5ft8.5 they both seem to be 5ft6-5ft7. Peter J says on 15/May/09
I'm 5' 10" or slightly under, and David Beckham is definitely slightly shorter than me. He's also much slighter. Tussaud's waxworks are all measured precisely, so that settles all arguments. Dylan says on 8/May/09
During the last World Cup tournaments they listed the metric heights of the England squad on screen and Owen was 170cm, a fraction under 5'7" which I think is more or less right, although footballers can look shorter than they are. Robbie Keane is listed as 5'9" and he always seems shorter than that to me. Fen says on 28/Mar/09
I think 5'8 is slightly generous, as he looks exactly the same height as Obafemi Martins, who's listed everywhere as 5'7, so 5'7 is more trueful imo. He's certainly no smaller than 5'7 though. |
