Aaron Durley

Aaron Durley (born July 21 1993 in Houston, Texas) is a Little League baseball player known for his exceptional size. He first became the object of media attention in 2005 (though garnered much more in 2006 when he had grown 4 more inches to 6'8"), when he played in the Little League World Series for the Arabian American team from Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, which is largely composed of the children of foreign petroleum workers, many from the United States. He had previously played for the Arabian American team in the 2005 Little League World Series. Durley is currently 6'10" tall, weighs 280 lbs. and takes a size 19 shoe.

For the past five years, Durley has lived with his parents in Saudi Arabia, where his father works for Saudi Aramco. Previous to that, he lived in Canada.

Aaron is attending high school in Houston at St. Thomas High School and living with his grandparents.

His brother Cameron Durley is currently participating in the 2008 Little League World Series, also as a member of the Dhahran, Saudi Arabia team. Cameron is 6'2" and 228 lbs. at 12 years old [http://www.littleleague.org/series/2008divisions/llbb/teams/mea/camerondurley.htm] .

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* cite news
last = Armas
first = Genaro
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title = 6-foot-8 Little Leaguer towers over foes
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publisher = Associated Press
date = 2006-08-21
url = http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060821/ap_on_sp_ot/bby_little_league
accessdate = 2006-08-23

*cite news
last = Valade
first = Jodie
coauthors =
title = Little League's big product
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publisher = Cleveland Plain Dealer
date = 2006-08-22
url = http://www.cleveland.com/sports/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/sports/1156235909207600.xml&coll=2
accessdate = 2006-08-23

External links

* [http://www.littleleague.org/series/2006divisions/llbb/teams/transatlantic/aarondurley.htm Little League Online page]
* [http://www.sths.org St. Thomas High School]