The 1876 Boston Red Caps’ roster contained 17 players. The tallest player was Foghorn Bradley, 6’. The other players ranged from 5’7” to 5’10 ½”.
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1876&t=BS4
Through the 19th and early 20th centuries, major league baseball players height averaged around 5’8”.
The average height of a Union Civil War soldier was 5’8”. Average height of a World War I American soldier was 5’8”.
In 1554, the British warship Mary Rose sank off Spithead. The ship was raised in 1982. Studies of recovered remains shows average height of crew members was around 5’7”.
Archers, though, presented a different story.
“They were 6ft 2in or 6ft 3in, and strapping individuals,” Mr Owen said.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/9686177/Mary-Rose-scientists-identify-shipwrecks-elite-archers-by-RSI.html
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