Elvis boots

[MissyM]

I've read that he put lifts in his boots or shoes? I can't even remember where I read that for the life of me. Does anyone know anything about this. Sometimes pictures are confusing when he is standing next to Pricilla. She is tiny and sometimes he looks way taller than her and sometimes not so. I know there is a slight variation in his documented heigth (sp??) but only an inch. But to me it looks like more than an inch in difference in some pictures.

[elvis himselvis]

That's the same thing as I sometimes wonder about...sometimes he looked more taller that in other photos....maybe someone know how this come?

[Tommy]

In the photos with Priscilla you must rememeber sometimes she is wearing high-heel shoes. Elvis wore a lot of different shoes. It has been documented that his was 6'2".

[utmom2008]

I've read that he put lifts in his boots or shoes? I can't even remember where I read that for the life of me. Does anyone know anything about this. Sometimes pictures are confusing when he is standing next to Pricilla. She is tiny and sometimes he looks way taller than her and sometimes not so. I know there is a slight variation in his documented heigth (sp??) but only an inch. But to me it looks like more than an inch in difference in some pictures.
I read that one time too...don't remember where though. I sat 6 feet away from him in vegas every summer with my dad who was 6 ft. Daddy said he appeared to be about the same heighth..

[Tommy]

There is also a thread about this called "How Tall Was Elvis" you might want to check that one out.

[Getlo]

It has been documented that his was 6'2".

Documented, yes. Accurate, no.

As you said, Tommy, there is another thread about this.

Elvis was not 6'2". His army papers (http://i14.tinypic.com/520vij5.jpg) say 6'.
He was actually 5' 11.75" (182 cm)

[utmom2008]

Can't remember where, Getlo you may know, but someplace(Hawaii maybe?) unveiled a "lifesize" bronze statue that was 6'2". We ALL know that was not the case......

[Getlo]

Can't remember where, Getlo you may know, but someplace(Hawaii maybe?) unveiled a "lifesize" bronze statue that was 6'2". We ALL know that was not the case......

Well, it would be lifesize, as the statue has boots like he did in Aloha.

So I'd imagine that it might even top 6'3" ...

[MissyM]

Oh sorry about the repeat question.

[utmom2008]

Well, it would be lifesize, as the statue has boots like he did in Aloha.

So I'd imagine that it might even top 6'3" ...
True....I just think of lifesize as your actual height. I need to go get my boots on so everyone can say that I am really 5' 9" :lol: :lol:

[beau stewart]

:king:Its a fact army records 5 foot 11inch no more no less the rest is all the magic of hollywood:hmm:

[Getlo]

:king:Its a fact army records 5 foot 11inch no more no less the rest is all the magic of hollywood:hmm:

No, see the link I posted above.

His army records listed him as 6' even. But this was not the case.

[cameron]

I'd always read that Elvis was 5 foot 11 inches too.

[ksimms2]

yes several of the books talk about him wearing lifts in his shoes to look taller....

[Burning_Love]

I get the Elvis mags every month, and it has something Elvis filled out, i forgot what, and he wrote he was 5'11...:hmm:...so i have always been confused by his height. I used to think he was 6 ft, but when i read that, i realised he weren't.

So maybe he did wear the lifts later on in life.

[Diane]

As I stated before in another post about this subject, my husband and I saw Elvis very close up in Tahoe. My husband is 5'11 3/4" and Elvis seemed to be the same so my guess is that l/2" either side of 6" even would be close. Too bad I didn't get the chance to put them side by side but it never occurred to me.:)

Diane

[Elvis_Lady_1984]

He was actually 5' 11.75" (182 cm)

this is what ive always heard.

[Unchained Melody]

So I guess its safe to say he was somwhere in the area of 6'0 tall :lol:;)

[elvislady]

http://www.tcb-world.com/showthread.php?t=7945

I did a thread on this some time ago. here is the link.
elvislady;)

[marijaep]

182 cm is not bad at all :lol: Thanks for the info..I don't know which one is right...we have to ask Priscilla lol :P

[KPM]

Here is some info from a site about Celebrity heights-a gentleman got Elvis's army records and the results of all his exams:
Editor Rob says on 3/Jul/07
Thanks to Ramiro who actually came through and got these documents. As we know in the past others have said some nonsense about documents having 6ft 1.5 w/boots etc mentioned in medicals or someone else not wanting to show a document.

At least now, there were 5 or so records, most listing him 6 foot, 1 showing 5ft 11. I will only post the portions of interest:Click Here


Ramiro says:
"Official army reports of medical examinations
cover a period between January 4, 1957 and February
22, 1960. They show height in complete inches and do
not mention any fraction of inch. There are at least
four medical examinations made to Elvis where his
height is recorded, and in three of them it is stated
as 6’ or 72”; only in one (the one of his induction on
March 24, 1958) his height is stated as 71”, so they
put only the last inch reached even if there was a
little margin to reach 6’ (as it should happened
seeing the other measurements). The 6’ figure appears
not only on reports of medical examinations but on
other documents like his “Armed Forces of The United
States Report for Transfer or Report”.Regarding his induction medical exam, there are
some very important circumstances to note:
1) With Elvis we have the luck to have those
moments of his life documented almost minute by
minute. We know for sure that he didn’t sleep the
night before his induction on March 24, 1958; he was
out of bed all the day 23 and all the night. He
suffered chronic insomnia all of his life and these
days the problems increased highly. This entire
situation is sure that affected Elvis’ height to
downgrade it on March 24.
2) During his induction, medical examination
included, there was a never before or after seen
circus of journalists, cameras… making this moment
even more oppressive for Elvis. I remember that when I
was inducted into the army here in Spain, during the
medical examination there was a mixture of nerves,
insecurity, the sensation of entering in a strange
world and this with me and dozens of other soldiers
nude, rounded of military doctors and nurses and with
two injections waiting for us. It was a difficult
moment to be straight on height chart when a martial
voice came from doctor’s mouth to say: “don’t stretch
and put feet this way!!; then I ended slouching and,
of course, I was measured under my real height. If I
were famous, a fool like me could go to archives and
think that I’m 174 cm when I’m 176. In the case of
Elvis it’s sure that all these oppressive
circumstances were not only much higher than mine, but
perhaps amongst the highest of all time. But we are
lucky enough to have his height recorded not once but
four times to arrive to his real height taken in more
regular conditions.3) Elvis passed exactly the same medical
examination in exactly the same place just one year
before for his pre-induction and he was measured at
6’.
As a conclusion it is fair to say that,
according to the medical examinations made in the
army, as historians and researchers have said, Elvis
was 6’ tall. We have evidences enough to say that,

[Unchained Melody]

Thanks for posting that interesting article KPM.

Six foot is what I've also believed Elvis was..so it makes sense to me.(y)

[ksimms2]

As I stated before in another post about this subject, my husband and I saw Elvis very close up in Tahoe. My husband is 5'11 3/4" and Elvis seemed to be the same so my guess is that l/2" either side of 6" even would be close. Too bad I didn't get the chance to put them side by side but it never occurred to me.:)

Diane

Diane...putting your hubby side by side with Elvis?? Not me honey....I'd say "see ya later" to my hubby and go away with Elvis....!! lol.....:lmfao:

okay, but you probably love your hubby more than me! :blink:
(he's a pain in the arse, mine is....lol)

[MojoElvis]

we already covered this with his mug shot pic for the badge Nixon gave him.
it was close to 5'11''

[Suzan]

Wouldn't Billy know the answer's to these type questions? Why not ask him? I"d love to hear what more Billy had to say, I've read he did but I don't know why he would, he wasn't a short man, 6ft ?????