Neil Fingleton

British basketball player (1980-2017)

Neil Fingleton (18 December 1980 – 25 February 2017) was an English actor and basketball player. He was the tallest British-born man and the tallest man in the European Union at 7 ft 7.56 in (232.6 cm) in height and among the 25 tallest men in the world.[1][2]

Neil Fingleton
Personal information
Born(1980-12-18)18 December 1980
Durham, England, UK
Died25 February 2017(2017-02-25) (aged 36)
Durham, England, UK
NationalityEnglish
Listed height7 ft 7.99 in (2.34 m)
Listed weight370 lb (168 kg)
Career information
High schoolHoly Name Central Catholic
(Worcester, Massachusetts)
College
NBA draft2004 / Undrafted
Playing career2004–2007
PositionCenter
Number15
Career history
2004Boston Frenzy
2005–2006Tees Valley Mohawks
2006CB Illescas
2006–2007CB Ciudad Real

This title has been confirmed by the Guinness Book of Records in the summer of 2007; Fingleton took over from Christopher Greener who stood at 7 ft 6 ¼ in (229.2 cm) in height.

Fingleton died on 25 February 2017 from a heart attack in Durham, England, aged 36.[3]

References change

  1. "Official website". Archived from the original on 30 May 2010.
  2. Toland, Jennifer (16 February 2007). "A high honor". Worcester News & Telegram. Archived from the original on 30 May 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  3. Jennifer Toland (25 February 2017). "Neil Fingleton, ex-Holy Name star and UK's tallest man, dies at 36 - Sports - telegram.com - Worcester, MA". telegram.com. Retrieved 26 February 2017.