This is another little arbitrary and completely meaningless list of former Falkirk FC players that I have put together. It is completely meaningless on two levels, the first is that we all know that there is no corollary between height & skill in football, the second is that I have probably come across the heights of under a hundred Falkirk FC players in this time.
It is undeniable that footballers have, on average, grown as the population has in the years following the recovery from World War II, but that does not mean there were not people [and players] who were of above average height even in the 19th Century. As a result of this, some of these players probably only got a match because they were tall and had stood out [metaphorically] in juvenile football.
NB - It says on his wikipedia page that Jock Drummond was 5' 10" but has no supporting evidence, so I have left it out.
It is undeniable that footballers have, on average, grown as the population has in the years following the recovery from World War II, but that does not mean there were not people [and players] who were of above average height even in the 19th Century. As a result of this, some of these players probably only got a match because they were tall and had stood out [metaphorically] in juvenile football.
Height Name PositionI have included the heights of the following players who were measured within an inch of the above, for the simple fact that I do not completely trust the accuracy of imperial measurements, and it is never clear whether they rounded up or down throughout the 50+ years I have researched.
6' 3"Thomas Bellingham CF 1885/86-1887/88
6' 2½" Duncan Elliot GK 1897/98
6'½" James Strathie RB 1933/34-1934/35
6' George Brewster OR 1918/19
6' William Brown RH 1937/38-1941/42
6' Robert Wilson GK 1938/39-1940/41
5' 11" William Raisbeck LH 1905/06-1906/07
5' 11" Stephen MacDonald RH 1909/10-1916/17
5' 11" John Robertson LH 1913/14
5' 11" Joseph Whitton GK 1927/28
5' 11" James McNair IL 1933/34-1935/36
5' 11"Kenneth Dawson OL 1934/35-1950/51
5' 11"Gilbert McKie GK 1936/37-1942/43
5' 11" Alex Allan IR 1937/38-1938/39
5' 10½"John Morrison CH 1906/07-1915/16* The two Alex Stewarts were Father & Son.
5' 10½" Thomas Logan CF 1910/11-1912/13
5' 10" Joseph McQue CH 1898/99
5' 10" Alex Stewart GK 1908/09-1916/17 *
5' 10" Frank Reilly LH 1912/13/1919/20
5' 10"Thomas Ferguson GK 1918/19-1931/32
5' 10" Daniel Thomson CF 1921/22-1922/23
5' 10" Patrick Docherty LH 1934/35-1935/36
5' 10" Edwin Young OL 1938/39
5' 10" William Miller IL 1938/39-1941/42
5' 10" Alex Stewart CF 1938/39-1942/43 *
5' 10" Henry Pinkerton LH 1938/39-1945/46
NB - It says on his wikipedia page that Jock Drummond was 5' 10" but has no supporting evidence, so I have left it out.