Clifford Thompson
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Clifford Thompson (1904-?) was one of the world's tallest men.
He was born in 1904 in Scandinavia, Wisconsin, who claimed to be 8 feet, 7 inches and weigh 460 pounds, but was most likely 7 feet, 2 inches. He was known as "The Scandinavian Giant" and "The Wisconsin Paul Bunyan," and "Count Olaf". He later enrolled in Marquette University. In the biography of Robert Pershing Wadlow, Thompson made a challenge to Robert to come to his hometown to prove that Robert was just 'another faker'. When both men walked on stage, Wadlow held out his arm and Thompson was easily under it. To which Wadlow replied "When you grow up you will be an awfully big boy."
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