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Does anyone knows how tall Elvis really was?In one interview after he got out of the army he said he was 6"ft.I read in a Magazine that he was 5'11 and in one of his concert he complain about the microphone being so low that he was 6.1 1/2.
Watching a show a long time ago in the TNN net."Nasvhville now"Minnie Pearle had a shirt that belong to Elvis that was rather small.When Ralph Emmery saw he told Minnie that Elvis was not a tall man by the looks of his shirt.She said that he was 5'8.Does anyone knows wich one is right?
Alyda
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Elvis was 6'1" tall.
If your an Elvis fan, no explanation is necessary....
If your not, no explanation is possible!
I heard he was actually 5'11 but wore lifts in all his shoes to make himself look taller.... also... there is a picture somewhere of a mugshot Elvis had taken while playing around at the police station one time, and it puts him right at about 6'1, (although his hair was quite poofy and could have thrown off an inch or two)
From all accounts he was a shade under 6' tall, 5'11-3/4 " to be exact. This according the MM members.
Joe is correct.
Next question.
Six foot six stood on the ground, weighted 235 pounds...
No, Joe is right... 6'1
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On many, many pictures (besides the ones where he wears his onstage boots) he looks way smaller than 6 feet. I also prefer to believe that he was taller than something like 5'10'', but looking at shots from Blue Hawaii or Fun in Acapulco (barefoot) he doesn't look 6 feet.
Look for example scenes with Elvis and Joan Blackman on the beach. Elvis should be much taller than Joan if he really was 6'1
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His Army weigh in picture clearly shows he was 5' 11 and 3/4 inches tall in without shoes.
Kurt Russell in an interview about his portrayal of Elvis said he and Elvis were the same height, just under 6 feet. I know this picture has been seen by most fans just look closely. Tom Jones is 5'8 and he also wears huge heels on his boots, look at any picture of he and Elvis and Elvis is way taller.
But what about this:
Muhammad Ali is 6'3''
Elvis looks quite a bit smaller on both pictures
"People don't realize what they had till it's gone. Like President Kennedy - nobody like him. Like The Beatles, there will never be anything like them. Like my man, Elvis Presley - I was the Elvis of boxing.''
Muhammad Ali
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What's that in the metric system?
If you don't have nothing left to say,
let me hold you one more time for ol' times sake
Elvis was 5'11, and he did wear lifts in his shoes so that would put him at about 6'1 in the 70's with his boots on and lifts.But he was 5'11 according to his army records and people that i know that knew him.He always wanted to look taller but to tell you the truth 5'11 is not short anyways.The average height for an american male nowadays would be 5'8 so 5'11 is above average.
Originally Posted by Albert
But what about this:
Muhammad Ali is 6'3''
Elvis looks quite a bit smaller on both pictures
"People don't realize what they had till it's gone. Like President Kennedy - nobody like him. Like The Beatles, there will never be anything like them. Like my man, Elvis Presley - I was the Elvis of boxing.''
Muhammad Ali
I would say that there is about 3 inches difference in there heights. Ali was a heavyweigh who weighed in at about 210 to 225 most his career First picture Elvis looks to be very thin compared to Ali so I would guess hes at about 170-175 hes also slightly in a karate crouch so he looks much smaller. Second pic Elvis looks heavier near 180-190 and is not crouching so he looks closer in height. Also Ali must have on boots or shoes which also have heels. I've been an Elvis fan 40 years and never heard much controversy about his height. Its near 6 foot, and every one pretty much has agreed on that.(one of the few things in his life where agreement seems to be near universal)
5'11.Not far from 6' so thats good enough.He was the man no matter what!!!
That's not the issue here. Nobody doubts that Elvis was the man.
5'11'' is about 1m77. I'd settle for that.
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1 foot is 30.5 centimeters
1 inch is 2.54 centimeters
5'11" is 180.44 centimeters
6 ft even is 183 centimeters
Thank's for the information in centimeters.
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I agree Albert.My apologies if my question was missunterstood.It doesn't really matter how tall he really was.I was just curious.Sorry
Alyda
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everywhere i've seen written down, it says that Elvis was 6ft but i think he was a shade under. he always said he was taller than he really was though, on one dialogue i have of him ihe says he's 6ft4 but thats ridiculous. it doesn't really matter but is interesting. he was gorgeous... swoon
Elvis was measured scientifically in the army. The army records say that Elvis was 6' (183 cm) and at the time of his induction the information was precisely 6'0.5'' (184 cm) as if they rounded off 0.5'' in the rest of the army papers. Graceland Archives of EPE and Joe Esposito confirmed it and confirmed too that there is another measurement made in the army that states Elvis' height at 6'1 3/4'' (issue) and that would be his height with army footwear. In the worst of the cases, even if 6' were a rounded up figure, it should arrive from a minimum of 5'11 3/4''+ (182+ cm), because I've consulted U.S. army's method to take heights and they round heights to the nearest quarter of inch. So it's unquestionable that Elvis was somewhere very close to 6', up or down.
I think we always think celebrties are bigger than they realy are.I ve met a couple and always been suprised that they don't look as tall as I thought they would. I'm sure Elvis was about 6' feet tall or there abouts but with his lifts and boots on and his hair combed back I bet he could push 6' feet3" inches.
When I went to Graceland I was suprised by how small Elvis's jumpsuits looked even the sundial suit.They seemed both small in height and girth which makes me think EP was'nt as overweight as people would want you to believe.
One more thing.It realy doesnt matter if he was 6 feet tall or 4 feet 9 inches,the tallent packed into that man amazes me.
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