Photos: Meet Manute Bol, The tallest basketball player in NBA history is Sudanese-born refugee. The tallest player in NBA history is Sudanese-born Manute Bol who stood at 7ft 7in.
He is a political activist, he is also the only player in NBA history to have killed a lion with a spear and to have paid 80 cows for his wife.
He died June 19, 2010 (aged 47)