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Originally Posted by Textcritic
No. The current average height for men is around 5'9". And no, the average height of men has not increased by any notable amount in the past 50 years. Yes, people are taller now than they were in the 19th century, but height indexes in the industrial world have levelled off since at least the 1950s.
*EDIT* Without looking at the numbers, I would expect that professional hockey players are a lot bigger today than they were in the 1950s, but this has nothing to do with average height generally. It has more to do with the revolution in sports training and conditioning.
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I think you are right re average male - only an inch taller. But the really important one is "average NHL goalie" - I think you have to account for that.