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Mark Spitz
Posted by Curious on 1/8/2024, 22:35:06
Does anyone know when he shaved off his moustache?
Re: Mark Spitz
Posted by The Outsider on 1/8/2024, 23:25:45, in reply to "Mark Spitz"
1988
Re: Mark Spitz
Posted by clarky on 1/8/2024, 23:32:11, in reply to "Re: Mark Spitz"
88?fair enough but he did shave it off in 77 for a while but must of grew it back,my brother in law would know but he's in Rampton and not answering his phone
Re: Mark Spitz
Posted by The Outsider on 1/8/2024, 23:58:00, in reply to "Re: Mark Spitz"
In fact, 14 February 1988 (which also has an Arsenal link as we lost to them the previous day).
Until he shaved it off in 1988, his wife had never seen him without it which rules out 1977.
Famous moustache during Olympics In an era when other swimmers, male and female, were shaving body hair, he swam with a moustache. When asked why he initially grew one he stated "I grew the moustache because a coach in college said I couldn't grow one."[52] Spitz said he originally grew the moustache as a form of rebellion against the clean-cut look imposed on him in college. "It took a long time to grow," he said.[64] It took four months to grow, but Spitz was proud of it, he decided the moustache was a "good-luck piece".[citation needed]
Spitz is quoted as saying, "When I went to the Olympics, I had every intention of shaving the moustache off, but I realized I was getting so many comments about it—and everybody was talking about it—that I decided to keep it. I had some fun with a Russian coach who asked me if my moustache slowed me down. I said, 'No, as a matter of fact, it deflects water away from my mouth, allows my rear end to rise and make me bullet-shaped in the water, and that's what had allowed me to swim so great.' According to a Sports Illustrated article, on February 14, 1988, after talking about shaving off his moustache for a year, he finally did. "He looked great with it, don't get me wrong," explained his wife Suzy, "but he looks so handsome without it."[65]
When he was asked why he shaved it off he responded "well, one, I'm not swimming anymore; two, it started to turn gray; and three, my wife had never seen me, nor my family, without the moustache ... I'm happy [without it]."[66] He also commented on his moustache in a live, in-studio interview with KCRA host Mike TeSelle on June 14, 2008, Spitz stating that he no longer maintains his iconic moustache because it had become "too gray",
When Spitz finally shaved off the mustache in 1988, it was as though he was a whole new man.
Even Spitz's wife of 43 years, Suzy Weiner, had to do a double take when she saw her college sweetheart clean-shaven.
"I remember it was on Valentine’s Day,'' Spitz said. "I don't remember dates that well, but for some reason, I remember that date. I mean, my wife had never seen me without it."
Posted by clarky on 1/8/2024, 23:25:40, in reply to "Mark Spitz"
1977,year of the silver jubilee,also he was born in Modesto thats twinned with with Laval birthplace of Pierre Abauyemang who played for Arsenal who lost to us in The littlewoods cup final,see even Mark Spitz can be traced to here somehow
Re: Mark Spitz
Posted by Kurious Oranj on 2/8/2024, 8:07:08, in reply to "Re: Mark Spitz"
I really hope we sign something, anything, today.
Re: Mark Spitz
Posted by clarky on 2/8/2024, 9:28:36, in reply to "Re: Mark Spitz"
And that is your little way of trying to put the frighteners on someone is it
Re: Mark Spitz
Posted by I could tell you on 1/8/2024, 22:40:19, in reply to "Mark Spitz"
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