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How tall is Bobby Charlton?

Q: How tall is Bobby Charlton?

Bobby Charlton is 173 cm tall, which is 5′8″, as recorded on Wikidata (retrieved September 21, 2026). Recorded heights of real people are approximate.

English association football player and manager (1937–2023)

Recorded height
173 cm 5′8″ · 1.73 m · 68.1 inches

Bobby Charlton is 173 cm tall (5′8″) as recorded on Wikidata, retrieved September 21, 2026.
That is 2 cm shorter than the average U.S. man (175.3 cm, 5′9″; CDC/NCHS, NHANES 2015-2018 (Vital and Health Statistics Series 3, Number 46, 2021)).

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