How tall is Helmut Rahn?

Helmut Rahn's listed height was 178 cm (5'10"). He was taller than about 79% of men in Germany.

Where 178 cm sits among men in Germany

Taller than about 79% of men in Germany born in 1929 (average 172.3 cm).

About Helmut Rahn

Helmut Rahn, known as Der Boss, was a German footballer who played as a forward. He was born on 16 August 1929 in Essen and died on 14 August 2003. He scored the winning goal in the final of the 1954 FIFA World Cup, when West Germany beat Hungary 3 to 2.

Rahn started his career with Altenessen 1912, where he played from 1938 until 1946, and then moved to SC Oelde 09. In the 1950 to 51 season he played for Sportfreunde Katernberg. He played for Rot-Weiss Essen from 1951 to 1959, and the team won the DFB-Pokal in 1953 and the German Championship in 1955. He spent 1959 to 1960 at 1. FC Köln, moved to Sportclub Enschede in the Netherlands in 1960, and joined MSV Duisburg in 1963. He finished his career in 1965 because of a knee problem. The German World Cup team was decorated by the President of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1972.

Rahn stood at a listed 178 cm (5'10"). He played as an outside right, and he was one of the last members of the 1954 World Cup winning side to retire, along with Hans Schäfer.

Frequently asked

How tall is Helmut Rahn in feet and inches? Helmut Rahn was 5'10" tall, which is 178 cm, 70.1 inches or 1.78 m.

Is Helmut Rahn tall for men in Germany? At 178 cm he was taller than about 79% of men in Germany born in 1929, whose average height is 172.3 cm.

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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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