Have you ever met a legit 7 footer outside a basketball context? I don’t think I ever have.
Like I’ve ran into a number of extraordinarily tall guys in my too many years, but never a seven footer. I’d guess I’ve met like a dozen guys 6’9 or 6’10 that almost prompted me to ask them how tall they are, but have never had one even claim to be 7 foot.
I remember running into Randy Johnson, the baseball pitcher, pretty early in his career. I was at a bar in Anaheim on a trip to California. I kept staring at him wondering who is this dude, I know him, and all I kept probing my mind for was NBA players Or guys who played major college basketball.
I walked out of the bar and looked over and saw Angels stadium and it immediately dawned on me. I’d guess it was like 1992 and I was like 22. He wasn’t particularly famous yet, but very shortly after, became The Big Unit and was incredibly well known. He was one of the tallest non-basketball guys I’ve ever ran into.