The New York Yankees have dropped their ban on beards, 49 years after it was imposed by owner George Steinbrenner

In almost every sense, the tradition-bound New York Yankees adopted the ... It was a heavy issue internally: Steinbrenner’s father, George, called upon his military background to ensure the ...

George Steinbrenner instituted the policy in 1976, three years after he bought the team, when the fashion of the era saw long hair and unkempt beards became commonplace. Steinbrenner, a former member of the U.S. Air Force, did not agree with the style of the times.

Nearly 50 years after New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner implemented a policy banning facial hair, the team made the shocking announcement to end what Hal Steinbrenner came to learn was an ...

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TAMPA, Fla. - Let there be beards in the Bronx. The New York Yankees, at long last altering a George Steinbrenner-era policy on facial hair, will allow players and personnel "to have well-groomed ...

The New York Yankees dropped their ban on beards Friday, 49 years after it was imposed by owner George Steinbrenner.

The facial hair policy that George Steinbrenner put in place in 1976 has been amended, but Yankees players players still don't have free reign with their hair.