I am 6'1 now 43yrs old. I was a late bloomer I was 5'0 when I finished 8th grade but I had a growth spurt and grew 6inches over the summer before 9th grade and got to my current height by the time I was 18. The growth spurt around 14yrs runs in my family my father had one as well but he is only 5'10. I had two uncles on my fathers side who were 6'2-3 so thats where I got my height from.
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He treats us like real men he lets us wear earrings.....Torin Polk on UH head coach John Jenkins 1992
I'm a shade or hair under 6'3". I was 5 feet tall when I entered junior high school and did all of my growing in 3 years. By the time I was a sophomore, I was close to my present height. I'll be 39 this coming Thursday. And I am taller than both my parents but I had a grandfather that was 6'5" and some uncles that were over 6'3".
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"'Trane was the Father...Pharoah was the son...I am the Holy Ghost." - Albert Ayler
Blah blah blah, how is that going to help me on the court when i'm playing someone 6 3, 6 4?
Basketball is simply a sport for taller people. It's amazing at how little skill a tall person can have, yet still retain so many advantages in a game of basketball.
6'1" since 19 yrs. old. It seems like everyone is much shorter than me to me.
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