13. Ernie Ladd – 6’9”
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“Big Cat” Ernie Ladd is perhaps the most underrated and least appreciated giant on this list, having been one of the top heels of every promotion he worked for in the 1970s and early ’80s. Ladd was drafted by the Chicago Bears out of college but spent the bulk of his professional wrestling career with the San Diego Chargers, including several AFL championships. Back then, athletes didn’t get nearly the money they do now, so Ladd wrestled in the off-season until a football injury forced him into wrestling full time in 1969. The Big Cat tried his hand at broadcasting for the WWE in the mid 1980s, but never quite caught on. He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 1995, 14 years after the Chargers put them into their Hall.
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