Movember: 30 of the best sporting moustaches

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THEY MAY NOT make you faster or stronger. They don’t even allow you go higher or longer. That said, there’s something about moustaches that separates athletes who wear them from their contemporaries.

From it’s heyday in the middle of the 19th century, through to a re-emergence in the seventies, the moustache has always been popular with sportsmen as a more aerodynamic version of manscaping than the cumbersome beard.

With Movember just ahead of us, we garnered opinion on the greatest moustaches in sport to create a slideshow of thirty of our favourites for the thirty days of the month, resisting the temptation to include the entire Liverpool squad of the seventies and eighties.

Movember: 30 of the best sporting moustaches

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It's not the best moustache in the world but you can't help but smile at this picture of a young, pre-handball, Thierry Henry. (c) Futbol Fobia
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Gary Neville tries really, really hard but he never quite gets there. (C) Anthony Devlin/PA Wire/Press Association Images
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David Seaman may have shaved his whiskers off in recent years but that was one impressive moustache back in his prime. (C) John Marsh/EMPICS Sport
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If only his record in management was as good as his facial hair, Graham Souness could have won it all (C) Sport and General/S&G and Barratts/EMPICS Sport
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Look at that kit, look at that ronnie. Take a bow John Aldridge. (C) Phil O'Brien/EMPICS Sport
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Perhaps the greatest moustache (and hair) in all of football belonged to Germany's Rudi Voller. (C) Ross Kinnaird/EMPICS Sport
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Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco was a fan of the biker look last season. (C) Patrick Semansky/AP/Press Association Images
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Former Chicago Bears player and head coach Mike Ditka still rocks a good ronnie. (C) Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP/Press Association Images
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The best NFL moustache of all time undoubtedly belonged to Oakland Raiders defensive end Ben Davidson though. (C) Ernest Bennett/AP/Press Association Images
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The Minnesota Wild's Cal Clutterbuck certainly has a style all to himself. (C) Jim Mone/AP/Press Association Images
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The Anaheim Ducks' George Parros knows how to keep his lip warm during a game. (C) LARRY MACDOUGAL/The Canadian Press/Press Association Images
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Why would Lanny McDonald need a helmet with whiskers like this. (C) JEFF MCINTOSH/AP/Press Association Images
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Is Clay Zavada of the Cincinnati Reds baseball team wearing one moustache or two? (C) Jae C. Hong/AP/Press Association Images
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He may not be as famous as his dad Yogi, but Dale Berra did wear a fine moustache. (C) AP/Press Association Images
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Forget baseball, Rollie Fingers may have had the greatest moustache in all of sport. (C) AP/Press Association Images
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Possibly the most stylish moustache on our list belongs to French rugby coach Marc Lievremont. (C) Jacques Brinon/AP/Press Association Images
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While one of the worst is worn by Leicester's Andy Goode. (C) David Davies/PA Archive/Press Association Images
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Ireland and Ulster's Willie Anderson wore a moustache with pride. (C) Mike Brett/Mike Brett/Press Association Images
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British racing legend Graham Hill looked more like a Hollywood star than Formula One driver. (C) PA Archive/Press Association Images
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Nigel Mansell didn't let having to wear a helmet get in the way of growing a mega moustache. (C) PA Archive/Press Association Images
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He may not be well known this side of the pond but Dale Earnhardt was an American motor racing legend. (C) Jed Leicester/EMPICS Sport
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Like a few others on our list, Ian Botham has shed his 'tache in recent years but this was the cricketer in his prime. (C) PA Archive/Press Association Images
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Though Botham has nothing on his former England team-mate Graham Gooch. (C) Graham Chadwick/EMPICS Sport
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They both, however, trail in the wake of Merv Hughes' whiskers. (C) Neal Simpson/EMPICS Sport
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It's a wonder Daley Thompson could jump so high with such an impressive moustache. (C) Phil O'Brien/EMPICS Sport
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Mark Spitz proved in 1972 that you didn't need to shave any of your body hair to win seven gold medals. (C) AP/Press Association Images
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His name is Mo. He has a mo. He does the Mo-Bot. Pefect. (C) Ryan Phillips/EMPICS Entertainment
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You have to be careful about real and fake facial hair though as this image of Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop Ronnie Cedeno with a fake moustache proves.
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We're not entirely sure this St. Patrick's Day inspired moustache is real either. (C) AP Photo/Richard Hartog)
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This pair of moustaches seen at Wembley for the NFL game on Sunday are definitely legit though. (C) Simon Cooper/PA Wire/Press Association Images