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The Barassi

Jo's mo show

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Moustaches

Otherwise known as the ‘Pool Cleaner’ or the ‘Porn Star’ moustache.

Actors like Tom Selleck and Burt Reynolds, it has been suggested, were partly responsible for popularising the cultivation by 70s men of these thick thatches of face foliage. It’s a fashion most strongly associated in Australia with sportsmen for its presence on the faces of numerous legends.

Dave Graney and Clare Moore, 1996 Bleddyn Butcher

Bob Croll of the AAA Vic., 1916 David Low

1. The Barassi. 2. John Monash, 1919 James Quinn. 3. Ron Barassi, 1975 Rennie Ellis. © Rennie Ellis Photographic Archive. www.RennieEllis.com.au. 4. Dave Graney and Clare Moore, 1996 Bleddyn Butcher. © Bleddyn Butcher. Bleddyn@Tenderprey.com. 5. Bob Croll of the AAA Vic., 1916 David Low. © Estate of David Low.

Jo's mo show
(with beards)