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Just call him the Muggsy Bogues of the pivot.The NBA has been in business since 1946-47. But never in league history has there ever been a regular starting center as short as Houston's 6-foot-6 Chuck Hayes.
That counts all those guys in tight shorts who played in dingy gyms before there even was a shot clock. Guys in the pivot wearing Chuck Taylors weren't as low to the ground as Chuck Hayes.
FanHouse went to the Elias Sports Bureau, which researched NBA starting lineups since the first NBA game on Nov. 1, 1946. Nobody could be found as short as Hayes who was a team's regular starter at center.
So Hayes, just like the 5-3 Bogues being the shortest player in NBA history, feels like a pioneer.
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Full story at http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/12/08/houstons-hayes-the-shortest-center-in-nba-history/
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