What was Andres real height?
7′ 4″
André the Giant/Height
How tall was Andre the Giant 11?
In a 1970s television interview, Roussimoff stated that his mother was 5 feet 2 inches tall and his father 6 feet 2 inches tall, and that according to his father his grandfather was 7 feet 8 inches tall. By the time he was 12, Roussimoff stood 191 cm (6 ft 3 in).
Did Andre the Giant have acromegaly?
Andre had acromegaly, a hormonal disorder in which the pituitary gland releases excess growth hormone. The disorder can cause gigantism in children, which happened to Andre when he began to grow taller around the age of 14. Continued growth resulted in his enlarged head, hands, feet, and chest.
How big was Andre the Giant at birth?
13 pounds
Early Life. Andre the Giant was born as André René Roussimoff on May 19, 1946, in Coulommiers, France. He reportedly weighed 13 pounds at birth. Though billed in wrestling as hailing from Grenoble in the French Alps, Andre actually grew up in the small town of Molien, forty miles east of Paris.
How big was Andre the Giant in his prime?
7’4” tall
André, who was reportedly 7’4” tall at his prime and weighed as much as 520 pounds, had gigantism due to his pituitary gland producing too much growth hormone, and he later developed acromegaly.
How tall was Wilt Chamberlain when he got measured?
Pappy said on 28/Jul/18. Wilt was over 7’1″ tall, all day long. As for him being measured laying down to “appear taller” because he “wanted as tall a measurement as possible” that makes no sense if you know anything about Wilt who HATED being defined by his height.
How old was Andre the giant when he died?
André René Roussimoff (May 19, 1946 – January 27, 1993), best known as André the Giant, was a French professional wrestler and actor.
How tall was Andre the giant in the Princess Bride?
7ft 0 (213.4 cm) Andre Rene Roussimoff was a French Wrestler and Actor from The Princess Bride. His official site gives him 7ft 4, also shows his ‘measured’ height from wrestlemania 3 (1987) as a whopping 7ft 5. He suffered from acromelagy and was supposedly 6ft 7 age 17.
How tall was Andre the giant at WrestleMania 3?
Andre wouldn’t have had much height on Taker at that point in his life. 2 inches at very best if Taker was 6’7/6’7.25. The 7’0 peak i can agree on. By wrestlemania 3 vs Hogan he looked 6’10 range this is going by a 6’5.5 Hogan.