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How tall is Jim Thorpe?

Q: How tall is Jim Thorpe?

Jim Thorpe is 185.4 cm tall, which is 6′1″, as recorded on Wikidata (retrieved September 21, 2026). Recorded heights of real people are approximate.

American track and field athlete and baseball player (1888-1953)

Recorded height
185.4 cm 6′1″ · 1.85 m · 73.0 inches

Jim Thorpe is 185.4 cm tall (6′1″) as recorded on Wikidata, retrieved September 21, 2026.
That is 10 cm taller 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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