Talk:John Rogan

message: I have a question concerning the 8'9 height another article states that john f carroll was the
second tallest after robert p wadlow carrolls height is given at 8'7.75 is this accurate?
also the 8'9 height and 175# weight seems unbelievable is this accurate too?24.178.84.130 13:37, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Can we get a picture or a photo? I am another skeptic that a person of 8'9" can weigh 175 pounds. --Trakon 06:54, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

text: Rogan was in fact measured by a doctor from Philadelphia and a medical paper was written in 1899. However, his and the doctors claimed "height" (if he could stand, which he couldn't) is probably spurious. That said, John "Bud" Rogan was an interesting character, no doubt. He was a hard working farmer who was bed ridden for years in his teens by the insidious disease Acromegalic Gigantism. He refused offers for help and was suspicious of all doctors. While many of his giant contemporaries joined circus sideshows to pay for the substantual expenses involved(custom clothes, shoes, enormous appetite, etc), Rogan refused to be put on display, even though he could not stand or walk and needed the money. He instead went into business himself, moving into town.  Every day he would ride his wagon, which he built himself, to the train station and sell his portrait to way-stayers and onlookers. Tragically, the disease that killed most giants before they reached 25 years old, caught up with him and he succumbed at near forty years of age.  The prestigious New York Times newspaper carried an obituary on him. Mytg8 16:40, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
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message: "...his foot measured 13 inches in length..."
Is this supposed to be notable? I am 5 feet 11 inches tall and wear size 9.5 shoes, and my feet are 10.75 inches long. Phizzy  17:09, 28 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Length of feet 

message: The info box says 8 foot 10, the article says 8 foot 9, List of tallest people says 8 foot 9 1/2, one of the citations says 8 foot 8, and one of them says 8 foot 7.
You know, the consistency here could be ever so slightly better... Thegreatluigi (talk) 01:55, 11 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Exact height? 

message: Is this a genuine picture of Joe Rogan, or just an "example" of an extremely tall black man? 
The data with the picture has a lot of problems.
The picture is titled Uncle Drew, which is hard to imagine as a nickname for John William Bud Rogan. The coded years: birth 1890, and death 2019 [obviously a typo] do not match Rogan's, which are 1868 to 1905. The locations are absolute junk. Two Clevelands? Really? The article says he was born in Hendersonville TN.
name               = Uncle Drew
image              = John-Rogan.jpg
birth_date         = 
birth_place        = Cleveland, Ohio
death_date         = death date and age|2019|9|12|1890|2|16
death_place        = Cleveland, Tennessee
I realize that data may be obscured by time, and/or by his ethnicity, but I hope we can do better. I do not have access to the only reference listed. Tkech (talk) 03:12, 4 May 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  What's up with the picture? 

message: @SCPdude629, do you happen to have a source for the exact birth date you added? AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 02:46, 26 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Birth date