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Stories are legend: At 6 feet, 2 1/2 inches, Alan Edmonds presents a larger-than-life presence on the TV screen and at a multitude of dinner parties
Stories are legend: At 6 feet, 2 1/2 inches, Alan Edmonds presents a larger-than-life presence on the TV screen and at a multitude of dinner parties

Stories are legend: At 6 feet, 2 1/2 inches, Alan Edmonds presents a larger-than-life presence on the TV screen and at a multitude of dinner parties

Date5/8/1982
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  • Stories are legend: At 6 feet, 2 1/2 inches, Alan Edmonds presents a larger-than-life presence on the TV screen and at a multitude of dinner parties
  • Stories are legend: At 6 feet; 2 1/2 inches; Alan Edmonds presents a larger-than-life presence on the TV screen and at a multitude of dinner parties.
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Original Toronto Star caption: Stories are legend: At 6 feet; 2 1/2 inches; Alan Edmonds presents a larger-than-life presence on the TV screen and at a multitude of dinner parties.
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Police Chief Harold Adamson, 6 feet 2 1/2 inches tall and weighing 210 pounds, models navy and white birds-eye knit suit from George Richards Kingsize Clothes
Police Chief Harold Adamson, 6 feet 2 1/2 inches tall and weighing 210 pounds, models navy and white birds-eye knit suit from George Richards Kingsize Clothes
Adamson, Harold
7/26/1972
Dwight Stone of pacific Coast Club clears the bar at 7 feet, 3 1/2 inches to win the high jump at last night's Star-Maple Leaf indoor games. Five comp(...)
Dwight Stone of pacific Coast Club clears the bar at 7 feet, 3 1/2 inches to win the high jump at last night's Star-Maple Leaf indoor games. Five comp(...)
Lennon, Frank
2/3/1973
Edmonds, Alan
Edmonds, Alan
Edmonds, Alan
6/4/1982
'She's like a wife,' CTV Live It Up host Alan Edmonds says of his part-German Shepherd, Pavlov
'She's like a wife,' CTV Live It Up host Alan Edmonds says of his part-German Shepherd, Pavlov
Edmonds, Alan
6/4/1982
The Greatest basketball player, Wilt the Stilt Chamberlain, the 7 feet 2 inches tall idol of millions of teenagers, autographs programs for Shane Armi(...)
The Greatest basketball player, Wilt the Stilt Chamberlain, the 7 feet 2 inches tall idol of millions of teenagers, autographs programs for Shane Armi(...)
Chamberlain, Wilton Norman "Wilt", 1936-1999
1/15/1971
Athol Layton, wrestler and television commentator who stands 6 feet 6 inches tall, enjoys wearing a colorful houndstooth check jacket with slightly flared pants
Athol Layton, wrestler and television commentator who stands 6 feet 6 inches tall, enjoys wearing a colorful houndstooth check jacket with slightly flared pants
Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
7/26/1972
Smile!: The best thing that I wear for North York is my smile, says Marilyn Lastman, who adds she would like to be several inches taller than her 5-foot-2
Smile!: The best thing that I wear for North York is my smile, says Marilyn Lastman, who adds she would like to be several inches taller than her 5-foot-2
Combs, Erin
6/27/1991
Ann Rohmer: The athletic sports anchor for CITY TV, who is 5 feet, 4 inches and weighs 113 pounds, teaches fitness classes six days a week
Ann Rohmer: The athletic sports anchor for CITY TV, who is 5 feet, 4 inches and weighs 113 pounds, teaches fitness classes six days a week
Loek, Dick
6/15/1987
An event five feet tall, Harry (Bob) Voulgaris, a restaurant owner (right), is fitted for a sports jacket in a new clothing shop restricted to men no taller than five-feet-five inches. Shop owner Lou Brown, left, says short men, generally pay too much for clothes, suffer humiliation in some stores.
An event five feet tall, Harry (Bob) Voulgaris, a restaurant owner (right), is fitted for a sports jacket in a new clothing shop restricted to men no taller than five-feet-five inches. Shop owner Lou Brown, left, says short men, generally pay too much for clothes, suffer humiliation in some stores.
Loek, Dick
12/29/1977
A big sound comes from the horn of diminutive Bobby Hackett, who is 61 years old and only 5 foot 4 1/2 inches tall but one of the world's best jazzmen(...)
A big sound comes from the horn of diminutive Bobby Hackett, who is 61 years old and only 5 foot 4 1/2 inches tall but one of the world's best jazzmen(...)
Mahler, John
4/1/1976
Sandra O'Neil, who has the longest legs in show biz at 47 1/2 inches, scoed only a 9
Sandra O'Neil, who has the longest legs in show biz at 47 1/2 inches, scoed only a 9
Bezant, Graham
12/21/1977
James Worrall, president of the Canadian Olympic Association, is 6 feet 5 inches and wears size 50 tall
James Worrall, president of the Canadian Olympic Association, is 6 feet 5 inches and wears size 50 tall
Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
7/26/1972