How tall is Alcides Ghiggia?

Alcides Ghiggia's listed height was 169 cm (5'7"). He was taller than about 56% of men in Italy.

Where 169 cm sits among men in Italy

Taller than about 56% of men in Italy born in 1926 (average 167.9 cm).

Ghiggia next to his teammates

Juan Alberto Schiaffino is 6 cm taller than Alcides Ghiggia (175 cm), teammate at Club Atlético Peñarol from 1948 to 1953.

About Alcides Ghiggia

Alcides Ghiggia was a Uruguayan and Italian footballer who played as a right winger. He was born on 22 December 1926 in Montevideo, to a family of Ticinese descent that was originally from Sonvico. He died on 16 July 2015.

Ghiggia played for the national sides of both Uruguay and Italy. At club level he played for Peñarol and Danubio in Uruguay and for AS Roma and AC Milan in Italy. He is best remembered for the 1950 World Cup, when he scored the winning goal for Uruguay against Brazil in the final match of the tournament. At the time of his death, exactly 65 years later, he was the last surviving player of Uruguay's 1950 World Cup squad.

Ghiggia stood a listed 169 cm (5'7"). Juan Alberto Schiaffino, listed at 175 cm (5'9"), was 6 cm taller than him, and the two were teammates at Club Atlético Peñarol from 1948 to 1953. Schiaffino also set up Uruguay's earlier equaliser in that 1950 final.

Frequently asked

How tall is Alcides Ghiggia in feet and inches? Alcides Ghiggia was 5'7" tall, which is 169 cm, 66.5 inches or 1.69 m.

How tall is Alcides Ghiggia compared to Juan Alberto Schiaffino? Juan Alberto Schiaffino is 6 cm taller than Alcides Ghiggia: 175 cm (5'9") vs 169 cm (5'7").

Is Alcides Ghiggia tall for men in Italy? At 169 cm he was taller than about 56% of men in Italy born in 1926, whose average height is 167.9 cm.

Sources

• Alcides Ghiggia on Wikipedia — biography and career.
• Alcides Ghiggia on Wikidata — nationality and dates; height recorded as 169 cm.

Heights are as publicly listed, rounded to the nearest centimetre; listed heights for public figures are often self-reported. Biographical details adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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