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 ... issue internally: Steinbrenner’s father, George, called upon his military background to ensure the Yankees maintained a classic ...

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 ...

Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner said the organization will allow "well-groomed beards" effective immediately, changing a rule his father, George, established in 1976.

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 ...

So, rather than be reactive when it came to the much-debated team policy restricting facial hair aside from mustaches that dated back to his late father George Steinbrenner’s installation in ...

The New York Yankees are changing their long-standing no-beard rule and will let players and coaches have "well-groomed" facial hair from now on.