Without googling their heights, here are my guesses:

For Brigham Young, I've heard anywhere between 5 ft. 6 in. and 5 ft. 10. I will guess 5 ft. 8.5 in.

Joseph Smith: 6 ft. 0 in.

John Taylor: 5 ft. 8 in.

Wilford Woodruff: 5 ft. 9 in.

Lorenzo Snow: 5 ft. 8 in.

Joseph F. Smith: 5 ft. 8 in.

Heber Grant: 5 ft. 11 in.

George Smith: 5 ft. 8 in.

David McKay: 5 ft. 10 in.

Joseph F. Smith: 5 ft. 7 in.

Harold B. Lee: 5 ft. 8 in.

Spencer Kimball: 5 ft. 6 in.

Ezra Benson: 6 ft. 0.5 in.

Howard Hunter: 5 ft. 10 in.

Gordon Hinckley: 5 ft. 6 in.

Thomas Monson: 6 ft. 4 in.

Russell Nelson: 5 ft. 10 in.

The church had a suit and a coat of Brigham’s on display in the church museum. He was pretty fat. Obviously clothes from his latter years.

I've stood next to Nelson. I'm 6'3". He's shorter than I by two or three inches. Your guess of 6'0" seems pretty close. He could be 6'1" but not taller.

Where the rest are concerned, I have no clue except that I've read Monson was 6'3".

     

Joseph F must have been taller than that. And Kimbal was shorter than 5'6" (I could be wrong?)

Yeah. Yoga was pretty short.

Most of them excelled at spinning tall tales whatever their physical stature.

D'ya mean they weren't as big as their statues?

Missionaries at BY’s grave used to tell visitors that BY was only 5’0.” I saw a sculpture of him standing next to Emma Smith who was sitting in a chair. From the relative sizes in the sculpture, I’d guess the missionaries were right.

Provided that artist was going for accuracy.



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I talked with Gordo face to face twice. I’m only 5’6”, and I was definitely taller than he was.

I also spoke with McHinskter once, that jives with my recollection also.

Mark E. Peterson would refer to Spencer Kimball as "the Runt".

No love lost between the two of them.

Peterson had that "basketball mentality" seen too often - thinking height somehow give them authority.

Good to know I could look down on the lot of them!

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How heavy was he compared to other profits ?

In general, I think discussions of GAs physical appearances distracting.

they add fuel to the prosecution fire.

"Brigham Young actually founded two universities — Brigham Young University and the University of Utah, which was previously known as the University of Deseret. 8. President Young was a bit on the short side — although his character was large and bold, he stood at just over 5 feet tall.Aug 29, 2018"


That's what google says.

What about Dixie college in St. George?

Wasn't that a Mormon college?

Brigham Young (a man of his times) died in 1877. Dixie College was started in 1911.

I believe there was also a 'mormon high school' in Mexico, but the details escape me at this moment.



youtube 'Mexico LDS owned High School to become mission home / MTC'



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GNPE here is a link for you

https://www.ldsliving.com/Story-behind-the-LDS-Church-owned-Mexico-high-school-that-became-an-MTC/s/73118

Sitting on a high horse will add quite a bit of height to one’s stature; of course it would depend on the height of the horse.

I suspect that the average height of all general authorities today is 2 to 3 inches more than the average in Brigham's time. Just like the rest of the population.