education | March 17, 2026

How tall is Muggsy Bogues

American retired basketball player and the shortest to play in the NBA, who played primarily for the Charlotte Hornets. In a 1997 book it mentioned "he had been of average height for his age, and as he entered school that year, he stood exactly five feet three inches tall. 'Then I stopped growing,' he recalls" and on twitter he said "5'3 is real height!".
I never wanted to be tall. I always knew I will be short-heighted, my mom is about four-feet five, my father is five-feet two, my sister is about four-feet eight.

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I really never thought about my height. Other people see me as Five-Three. I just see myself as a person and not really any height. I just play my game and play the best way I know how.