John F. Carroll (1932-1969), Buffalo, NY, known in medical litterature as “The Buffalo Giant”, is listed as the third tallest man in history with the height of 8’7 3/4” (263,5 cm). Carroll’s height was estimated since he suffered from severe kyphoscoliosis – two dimensional curvation of the spine – and was based on what his height would have been if the spinal curvation had been normal. His actual standing height was 8′ (243,8 cm). Contrary to the[…]