George Bell (basketball)

George Bell, born in 1957 in Portsmouth, Virginia, is the tallest man in the United States at 7 ft 8 in (2.34 m) as recognized by Guinness World Records.

He was a deputy sheriff in Norfolk, Virginia, he played college basketball at Morris Brown College, Biola University with the Harlem Wizards and Harlem Globetrotters show teams.

Bell said he has a medical condition called gigantism, which causes excessive growth hormone secretion during childhood.

He said he does not suffer from some of the other effects of gigantism, such as an enlarged heart, although he does have to take some medicines for the rest of his life.

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