Career
Myllyrinne is considered the tallest soldier ever, having served in the Finnish Defence Forces. He underwent his conscript training in 1929 in the Viipuri Heavy Artillery Regiment, and was 220 cm (7 ft 3 in) tall and really strong. In the 1930s he travelled around Europe as a professional wrestler and circus performer.
He returned to Finland in 1939 to serve in the Finnish Army during the Winter War.
In 1946, he moved to Järvenpää and ran a chicken farm. He died in 1963 and is buried in Järvenpää.
He was also voted 12th greatest Finn in the television show Suuret suomalaiset, largely due to a tongue-in-cheek Internet campaign criticising the idea of the show. In 1962, just a year before his death, he was measured by doctors at 2.47 m (8 ft 12 in).
He had a 400 mm (157 in) hand span, the greatest known.