Griffin is the co-founder of the William E. Colby Seminar on Intelligence, Military, and Diplomatic Affairs at Norwich University in Vermont, along with his friend, historian, and Patton biographer Colonel Carlo D'Este.
A Viking's height could be anywhere between 66 inches 1.67 meters and 69 inches 1.75 meters. The tall ones are said to be Vikings of higher stature since they are likely to have better nutrition and eat better diets compared to the common Viking warriors. The notion that Vikings were tall people may also be because people in some parts of Europe are relatively short. This may be the reason why they might consider Vikings as people with increased height. But compared Viking's height to today's people, they are considered as people with average height.
As the graphic above details, the average height of the menâs top 20 in April 1975 was 181.6cm and in 1980 â 183.9cm, now itâs 188.5cm, an increase of nearly 7cm over 40 years. Borg and Connors helped shape the landscape in the 1980s with John McEnroe (5ft 11ins/180cm) joining the best in the world.