John F. Carroll

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John F. Carroll (1932-1969) suffered from severe, 2-dimensional spinal curvature (Kyphoscoliosis) and acromegalic gigantism. He had a standing height of 244 centimeters ( 8 feet 0 inches) on October 14, 1959, but his height would have been 264 centimeters (8 feet 7¾ inches), assuming normal curvature of the spine. He was later measured at 239 centimeters(7 feet 10½inches) in 1968 and 234 centimeters (7 feet 8¼ inches) in height shortly before his death.
Carroll was born in Buffalo, New York and also known as the Buffalo Giant in medical literature. Carroll was only one of less than a dozen people in history to surpass 8 feet in height and in particular was second in stature only to Robert Wadlow. His extraordinary growth started at the age of sixteen and continued until treatments at Mercy Hospital in 1959. At one point he grew seven inches in a matter of a few months.
While in a hospital bed Carroll ran a campaign for Alderman of his district and lost by only a few votes.