Monday, February 05, 2007
Standing TALL (by Connor J. Schmidt)
Connor is now getting Boy's Life and the latest issue had an article on Robert Pershing Wadlow (1918-1940). Robert was born with an overactive pituitary that produced way too much growth hormone (nowdays we have medicine for this problem). Connor was fascinated with this really big man and wanted to post it on the website. Here are some pics and a little about his history.
Connor: I think he is really tall. In this picture he is 7ft 4in and only 13 years old!
Connor says: He's only 18 years old in this picture, but is 8ft 4in tall!!! His head is almost touching the ceiling!!! That is his younger bother. He had two sisters and one brother who were all normal height.
Here is his statue located in Alton, Ill. He grew to be 8ft 11.1in by the time he was done growing. He traveled with his Dad as a spokesman for a shoe company. His Dad had the passenger seat removed in the car and Robert sat in the back and stretched out his legs up to the dashboard.
Photos and facts courtesy of Alton Museum of History.
