How tall is Pedro Petrone?

Pedro Petrone's listed height was 178 cm (5'10"). He was taller than about 97% of men in Uruguay.

Where 178 cm sits among men in Uruguay

Taller than about 97% of men in Uruguay born in 1905 (average 165.1 cm).

Petrone next to his teammates

Héctor Scarone is 5 cm shorter than Pedro Petrone (173 cm), teammate at Uruguay men's national football team from 1923 to 1930.

José Leandro Andrade is 2 cm taller than Pedro Petrone (180 cm), teammate at Uruguay men's national football team from 1923 to 1930.

José Nasazzi is 4 cm taller than Pedro Petrone (182 cm), teammate at Uruguay men's national football team from 1923 to 1930.

About Pedro Petrone

Pedro Petrone was a Uruguayan footballer who played as a striker, born on 11 May 1905 in Montevideo. His nickname was Artillero, meaning artilleryman or gunner, in reference to his goalscoring. He died on 13 December 1964.

At club level Petrone played for Nacional, where he won two National Tournaments, in 1924 and 1934, and for Fiorentina in Italy, where he played 44 games and scored 37 goals and was the top goalscorer in Serie A in 1931 to 32. He was timed in the hundred metres at 11 seconds. He won gold at the 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics and the 1930 FIFA World Cup with Uruguay, and at 19 years and 1 month he received the 1924 top-goalscorer award, remaining the youngest football gold medalist in Olympic history. He won 29 official caps for Uruguay, scoring 24 goals.

Petrone stood 178 cm (5'10") by his listed height. He was 5 cm taller than Héctor Scarone, listed at 173 cm (5'8"), and 2 cm shorter than José Leandro Andrade, listed at 180 cm (5'11"), both his teammates in the Uruguay men's national football team from 1923 to 1930.

Frequently asked

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

How tall is Pedro Petrone compared to Héctor Scarone? Héctor Scarone is 5 cm shorter than Pedro Petrone: 173 cm (5'8") vs 178 cm (5'10").

How tall is Pedro Petrone compared to José Leandro Andrade? José Leandro Andrade is 2 cm taller than Pedro Petrone: 180 cm (5'11") vs 178 cm (5'10").

How tall is Pedro Petrone compared to José Nasazzi? José Nasazzi is 4 cm taller than Pedro Petrone: 182 cm (6'0") vs 178 cm (5'10").

Is Pedro Petrone tall for men in Uruguay? At 178 cm he was taller than about 97% of men in Uruguay born in 1905, whose average height is 165.1 cm.

Sources

• Pedro Petrone on Wikipedia — biography and career.
• Pedro Petrone on Wikidata — nationality and dates; height recorded as 178 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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