Jerry Sokoloski
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Jerry Sokoloski is a former Canadian
Canada
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 high school
High school
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 basketball
Basketball
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 player. He is 7 feet 4 inches in height.

Sokoloski played high school basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 in Canada for Silverthorn Collegiate Institute before transferring to Chinguacousy High School and Father Henry Carr Catholic Secondary School. He did not advance to college or professional basketball. He declared himself eligible for the NBA draft in 2004 and had workouts with a number of NBA teams but was not drafted.

Sokoloski is the tallest man in Canada
Canada
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, he was measured on the Canadian morning show Breakfast Television
Breakfast Television
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at 7'4".

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