@RJM posted:Without looking anything up I know the average NHL player is 6’’2 200. It’s a physical game. The average Premier League soccer player is 6’ 170. He has to be able to out jump opposition on headers and be agile enough to run the pitch. The average Pro Lacrosse player is 6’2” 200.
Long distance runners are thin. They used to be 6’+ 150. The African trend now (best long distance runners in the world) is 5’4” to 5’8” and proportionally thin.
I don’t know anything about rugby or men’s field hockey I only know women’s field hockey. A neighbor and friend of my daughter was on the US team for years.
Rinaldo is 6'2", Messi is 5'7"
The range of players on the USWNT is 6'1" Casey Murphy to 5'1" Rose Lavelle
Phil Esposito is 6'1", Gretzy is 6', Connor Bedard is 5'10"
Evans Chebet, winner of the 2022 and 2023 Boston Marathons is 5'7"
- 2023 runner up Gabriel Geay is 5'3"
- 2022 runner up Lawrence Cherono is >6' tall
Lots of tall baseball players yet Altuve and Kemp are having pretty good careers
If anything, it seems like the range of heights for pro athletes is expanding. Maybe analytics and training have advanced to give guys who'd have been previously overlooked a chance.
But more important, I am still trying to understand why your first reaction to my post was to say "you know very little about these sports". Why would you write that?