Tall athletes -- United States
In the 2007-08 season, George had a 70.6% field goal percentage.
Kenny George 234 cm 2.34 m (7 ft 8 in) – Tallest American basketball player. Kenneth George Jr. is an American college student and former college basketball player known for his great height. Somewhere between 7 ft 7 in (2.31 m) and 7 ft 9 in (2.36 m), he was the tallest basketball player in the United States during the two years he played for his college team, the University of North Carolina at Asheville (UNCA) Bulldogs,and may have been the tallest player in the history of college basketball. The 3rd tall athlete in the world.
In the 2007-08 season, George had a 70.6% field goal percentage.
In October 2008, George had his right foot partly amputated due to being afflicted with Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
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- Suleiman Ali Nashnush 245 cm tall athlete.
- Sun Ming Ming 236 cm tall athlete.
- Kenny George 234 cm tall athlete.
- Manute Bol 231 cm tall athlete.
- Gheorghe Mureşan 231 cm tall athlete.
- Yao Ming 229 cm tall athlete.
- Jorge Gonzales 231 cm tall athlete.
- Slavko Vraneš 229 cm tall athlete.
- Rik Smits 224 cm tall athlete.
- Jaber Rouzbahani 223 cm tall athlete.
- Boban Marjanović 222 cm tall athlete.
- Hasheem Thabeet 221 cm tall athlete.
- Peter John Ramos 221 cm tall athlete.
- Arvydas Sabonis 221 cm tall athlete.
- Choi Hong-man 218 cm tall athlete.
- Loek van Mil 218 cm tall athlete.
- Stojko Vranković 218 cm tall athlete.
- Ante Tomić 218 cm tall athlete.
- Małgorzata "Margo" Dydek" 218 cm tall athlete.
- Aleksey Kazakov 218 cm tall athlete.
- The Great Khali 216 cm tall athlete.
- E.J. Feihl 216 cm tall athlete.
- Predrag Samardžiski 216 cm tall athletes.