How tall is George Best?

George Best's listed height was 175 cm (5'9"). He was taller than about 51% of men in the United Kingdom.

Where 175 cm sits among men in the United Kingdom

Taller than about 51% of men in the United Kingdom born in 1946 (average 174.9 cm).

About George Best

George Best was a Northern Irish professional footballer who played as a right winger, spending most of his club career at Manchester United. He was born on 22 May 1946 in Belfast and died on 25 November 2005. A scout who spotted his talent at the age of 15 sent a telegram to the manager Matt Busby reading "I think I've found you a genius".

Best made his debut at age 17 and scored 179 goals in 470 appearances over 11 years, finishing as the club's top league goalscorer for five consecutive seasons. He won two League titles, two Charity Shields and the European Cup with the club. He was named European Footballer of the Year in 1968 and was an inaugural inductee into the English Football Hall of Fame in 2002. He was capped 37 times for Northern Ireland between 1964 and 1977 but never played in the finals of a major tournament.

Best stood a listed 175 cm (5'9"). His style combined pace, skill, balance, feints and the ability to get past defenders, and in 1999 he was on the six-man shortlist for the BBC's Sports Personality of the Century.

Frequently asked

How tall is George Best in feet and inches? George Best was 5'9" tall, which is 175 cm, 68.9 inches or 1.75 m.

Is George Best tall for men in the United Kingdom? At 175 cm he was taller than about 51% of men in the United Kingdom born in 1946, whose average height is 174.9 cm.

Sources

• George Best on Wikipedia — biography and career.
• George Best on Wikidata — nationality and dates; height recorded as 176 cm.
• George Best on TMDB — filmography and co-stars.

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.

More celebrity heights

• Adrien Silva — 175 cm · 5'9"
• Akihiro Nishimura — 175 cm · 5'9"
• Akira Narahashi — 175 cm · 5'9"
• Aleix Vidal — 175 cm · 5'9"
• Alejandro Balde — 175 cm · 5'9"
• Alexandre Lacazette — 175 cm · 5'9"

Celebrity heights are based on widely reported public figures and can vary slightly between sources.