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30 Athlete Hairstyles We’ll Never Forget (Even If We Try)

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Many of the best athletes have signature moves that they can pull off better than anyone else. Think of Michael Jordan’s fadeaway, Patrick Mahomes’ no-look pass or Mariano Rivera’s cutter. But you don’t need to be a great athlete to have a signature hairstyle that is unique in its own right. When you have the money that pro athletes have, you can have any hairstyle in the world that you want — and get serious attention for it.

We’ve gone through the best of the best (and the best of the worst) hairstyles and selected 30 that we’ll never forget. This includes not just the hair on one’s head but also facial hair, so beards, mustaches and sideburns are also part of the deal. Some athletes have just one defining feature, like James Harden’s beard, while others have multiple, like Johnny Damon’s entire look when he played for Boston.

The follicly challenged may want to look away for this one because these athlete hairstyles may just make you jealous (or laugh out loud).

30. Adam Morrison

Adam Morrison makes expression
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Sport: Basketball

Teams: Charlotte Bobcats, Los Angeles Lakers

Career: 3 seasons (2006-10)

Best known for: Mustache

Bottom Line: Adam Morrison

Adam Morrison poses in photo
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The mustache has died a slow death over the last few decades, but Adam Morrison tried his best to resurrect it. He even filmed a commercial for NBA Live about his mustache, which involved an uncomfortable 30 second closeup of it. While Morrison’s hair underwent a transformation from his college days at Gonzaga to his pro days in the NBA, the ’stache was always present, for better or for worse.

Speaking of worse, or worst, Morrison’s facial hair nabs the worst spot on this list because, according to his former teammate Jared Dudley, Morrison never showered! Thus, his mustache was likely unhygienic as well, which many people may have guessed from just looking at it.

29. Goose Gossage

Goose Gossage smiling
Gene J. Puskar / AP Photo

Sport: Baseball

Teams: Chicago White Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Yankees, San Diego Padres, Chicago Cubs, San Francisco Giants, Texas Rangers, Oakland Athletics, Seattle Mariners

Career: 22 seasons (1972-89, 1991-94)

Best known for: Mustache

Bottom Line: Goose Gossage

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Ever since George Steinbrenner bought the Yankees in 1973, he and the Yankees’ brass have implemented a facial hair policy. It does not permit beards, which caused a problem when Goose Gossage and his full beard showed up to camp. 

Gossage complied with the policy by shaving his beard — and only his beard — leaving behind a Fu Manchu. He liked the look so much, and pitched so well with it, that he decided to permanently keep it. Although it’s a lot grayer than before, Gossage still has the look today.