AMERICA’S basketball icons the Harlem Globetrotters are bringing their biggest star to the UK — a 7ft 8ins Englishman.
Paul Sturgess — nicknamed Tiny — is the world’s tallest professional player and the first British member in the side’s 85-year history.
Paul Sturgess brings basketball and a positive message to the children of Hacton Primary. A brilliantly inspiring day for our pupils.
PUPILS at a Bradford primary school were given a role model to really look up to when the UK’s tallest man came to visit.
At 7 foot 7 inches, Paul Sturgess is also the world’s tallest professional basketball player, and yesterday he spent the morning at St Stephen’s Primary school.
On the 18th January, Jubilee was very lucky to welcome into our school a very special visitor.
To celebrate our Basketball WOW day, and boost the profile of basketball across the school, Paul Sturgess came to visit.
Paul Sturgess is a professional basketball player, who last played for the Cheshire Phoenix of the British Basketball League. He was officially measured by Guinness World Records in November 2011 at 7 ft 7.26 in.
Paul Sturgess – Britain’s Tallest Man visits Ashton Keynes School 15th November 2017
Paul Sturgess visited Ashton Keynes Primary School to teach pupils impressive basketball skills and give an inspirational talk.
Classes gathered in the school gym to see the big friendly giant show off tricks he’d honed and perfected by playing with the Harlem Globetrotters.
Britain’s Tallest man visited the county today, Wednesday, June 6, to tell Lincolnshire children how to embrace being different and be proud of who you are.
Paul Sturgess, who is more than 7 foot 7 inches tall and a former player with the Harlem Globetrotters, coached children from Newton on Trent Primary School in the sport.
BRITAIN’S tallest man and former Harlem Globetrotter basketball star Paul Sturgess was in Dorset this week, hoping to inspire youngsters at a Christchurch school.
Paul, who at 7ft 7ins was also the tallest professional basketball player in the world, spent the day at Somerford Junior School as part of one of his ‘Basketball Wow Days’.