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Originally Posted by Buckleyma I see on the Dayton Flyers home page that the web team has updated the roster with pictures of the team. That is great. Last year, i complained on this blog that the web team was very tardy in updating the web pages. But, alas the truth is coming out. Frankie Policelli is being listed at 6’7”” not 6’8” as i have been seeing bloggers report. Usually, heights are exaggerated. Rarely are guys listed shorter than their real size. Obi Toppin us still listed at 6’8” in spite of blogger comments that he is taller. Cunningham is still listed at 6’7” but when i see him in person, he looks a little bit more like 6’6” to me. I remember Jim Paxson was always listed at 6’5” on Dayton rosters but when i saw him in person, i always thought he was around 6’4”. Then surprisingly, when he got to the NBA, he was listed at 6’6”. But, you can’t measure the amount of the fight in the dog by pure measurements. Still, you got to temper your expectations when you put someone in a position where they are undersized. This is why there are weight classes in both wrestling a boxing. The only guy that i remember being reported on the Dayton roster as shorter than reality was Steve Lawrence who was originally listed at 6’9” then later at 6’10”. But, when i saw him in person, he had to be 7’00” tall. He was really tall. Posted via Mobile Device

I saw Obi at Milano's a month or two ago and he is definitely more like 6'9 or so it appears. My Dad is 6'8 and Obi seems at least an inch or two taller.