All time smallest Southend XI.

[Sleaford Shrimper]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned the great Mr WJB Best. Springs in his heels that enabled him to outjump much taller defenders and one of the finest headers of a football. Wee Davy Cunningham has to be there:one of those blokes that could start a fight in an empty room.

John Burridge wasn't that tall for a goalkeeper, as I recall.

 

[Smith]

Manger could be a money grabbing fat Judas who's name I don't want to write!

 

[Firestorm]

Mark Hall

 

[LBBlue]

Anyone remember David Keefe?

 

[kaymac]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned the great Mr WJB Best. Springs in his heels that enabled him to outjump much taller defenders and one of the finest headers of a football. Wee Davy Cunningham has to be there:one of those blokes that could start a fight in an empty room.

John Burridge wasn't that tall for a goalkeeper, as I recall.

Ah yes, King Billie at 5ft 7ins - does he qualify?

 

[Voice of Reason]

Ah yes, King Billie at 5ft 7ins - does he qualify?

King Billy doesn't count, he was a giant in a blue shirt

 

[blues exile]

Andy Smillie?

 

[cerbera45]

Glenn Morris, Mel Capleton

Che Wilson, Christian Hyslop, Andy Harris

Kevin O'Callaghan, Jason Cook

Mark Rawle, Barrington Belgrave

 

[Blue Yonder]

Ron Pountney ?

 

[Philiph1951]

I started watching Blues in 1963 and we had a winger called Billy Wall who seemed rather short in stature but I’ve not been able to find data on him. He had a bad habit of crossing the line and catching the ball when it was kicked out (badly) from defence though gave a bored stadium a good laugh when he caught it once before it had crossed the line. We probably conceded from the free kick but I don’t actually remember!

 

[BlueBore]

Interesting that many of the examples of "shorter than most" centre-backs people are citing were actually good centre-backs.

Proof that even for a centre-back, size isn't everything?

 

[Strykr]

Belgrave was pretty small iirc

 

[OldBlueLady]

Dave Cunningham wasn't called "Wee Davey Cunningham" for no reason - he was quite short.

 

[Zeuss]

Anyone remember David Keefe?

Yes-right winger-definitely not very tall-wouldn’t have played more than 1 or 2 first team games,if at all.

 

[Mad Cyril]

Dean Holness

 

[LBBlue]

Kevin Johnson? Think he was 5’5” and a bit.

 

[LBBlue]

Yes-right winger-definitely not very tall-wouldn’t have played more than 1 or 2 first team games,if at all.

5’4” I think

 

[LBBlue]

There was a centre back in the early seventies called Mike Harrison - he was not very tall.

 

[B.B.The Legend Lives On.]

Ah yes, King Billie at 5ft 7ins - does he qualify?

according to the various sources at that time 1968-1973 (match programmes and handbooks) Billy Best was 5ft. 6ins and weighed 10st. 9lbs.

 

[LBBlue]

according to the various sources at that time 1968-1973 (match programmes and handbooks) Billy Best was 5ft. 6ins and weighed 10st. 9lbs.

And he played centre half at Northampton!