Sudan's 7-foot, 7-inch Manute Bol playing for the University of Bridgeport in 1984-85. The following year, he would be the tallest player and first African to be drafted into the NBA.
The New York Times wrote in his obituary (6/19/2010): “…he wore size 16½ sneakers and had the spindliest legs ever to protrude from a pair…