Enormous Athletes Who Shattered Records with Their Astounding Size

Peter Crouch - 6’7” 165 lbs

Most soccer players barely reach over 5 feet tall… Crouch took a lot of hatred from fans just for his height. At the beginning of his career (where he was a little shaky to begin with) fans would chant “freak” at him during cames just because of how tall he was. He did stick out like a sore thumb, that’s for sure…

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.