Each November, men across the country retire their razors and participate in Movember. They grow mustaches to raise awareness and funds for prostate and testicular cancer research.

In honor of Movember, we are celebrating the greatest bushel of whiskers to ever grace athletic playing fields worldwide …

10. Patrick Ewing

He loses a few points for abandoning his early 90’s mustache for a goatee later on, but during those golden years of high fade haircuts and finely manicured facial hair, Mr. Ewing was a man among peach fuzz.

9. Mike Singletary

The man, the myth, the mustache. Singletary’s nose scarf dared all to hit the gap and harshly chastised those foolish enough to accept the challenge.

8. David Seaman

The minuscule pencil ‘stache wasn’t significant enough to gain notoriety on its own merits, but sometimes when paired with a glamorous ponytail, it needs to be recognized. It’s called mustache synergy and David Seaman had it.

7. Walt Frazier

Upon reaching the side of Frazier’s face, you are almost overwhelmed by the world’s best mutton chops (apologies to all of Victorian England). Luckily, Frazier’s sideburns sternly guide you through their furry thicket, arriving at your destination of fuzzy excellence and wonder above his upper lip.

6. Mike Ditka

If there are two characteristics needed to serve as Chicago’s official mustache they are: 1.) a physical manifestation of the Windy City’s gruff attitude 2.) enough girth to store mustard for up to seven days in case an unexpected Polish sausage salesman knocks on the door. Mike Ditka has both.

5. Dale Earnhardt

Some people think that The Intimidator got his nickname for being the most fearsome competitor on the track. These people fail to realize consider the role Dale Earnhardt’s well-manicured upper lip played in the creation of his famous nickname.

4. Keith Hernandez

Keith Hernandez kept his mustache for 25 years. It’s longer than some marriages last. So prolific was Hernandez’s bushel of whiskers, it was given its own Baseball Reference page.

3. Rollie Fingers

One part Freddie Mercury and one part Snidely Whiplash, Fingers’ fur was rivaled only by his on-field performance: 7-time All-Star, 3-time World Series champion, and AL Cy Young winner.

2. Goose Gossage

If Rollie Fingers’ stache is the facial hair equivalent to a classical sonnet performed on a pedal harp, Goose Gossage’s blonde horseshoe is a thrash metal song played on a guitar seconds before it’s smashed to pieces on the stage. A bit less refined, but still quite impressive.

1. Dennis Eckersley

There are few things as prolific as Dennis Eckersley’s MLB career. One of those things is his mustache. The other is his bowl-cut/mullet.

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