Some of the best players in soccer history have been well under six feet tall. But that doesn't mean that height can't be an advantage in plenty of situations, especially set pieces and aerial duels.

Some of the NBA's tallest players now possess skills of much smaller players, making them more fascinating than ever.

You don't have to be really tall to play in the NBA. But it sure doesn't hurt. The average height of a player ... One of the more enigmatic players in the history of professional basketball ...

Bradley also had a successful 12 years from 1993-2005. At his listed height of 7-foot-9, Rioux is the tallest player in college basketball history, and he would be the tallest player in NBA ...