After reportedly watching a number of Yankees players’ hair cover a portion of their numbers during a rendition of the Star-Spangled Banner, some 44 years ago, The Boss, who as born on the 4th of July, soon instituted an appearance policy that still stands to this day.
The exact verbiage of the decree goes something like this:
“All players, coaches and male executives are forbidden to display any facial hair other than mustaches (except for religious reasons), and scalp hair may not be grown below the collar. Long sideburns and ‘mutton chops’ are not specifically banned.