agree with the main point, but question that the 80 side was as short. Off the top of my head: Talls 80: Roach, Cloke, Lee, JJ, Mount, Dunne, Strachan, '17: Jack, Dave, Nank, Rancey. I know there is a grey area in terms of what constitutes a 'tall' now and what did then, but that would be the respective lists.
edit: looked up Mount, Strachan and JJ, all under 190, even though they were considered talls in their time, around same height as or shorter than Grimes, Towner, Broad and Dusty. Interesting. Still wouldn't say KPDs were much shorter, Dunne was a monster.