April 15 in Oakland Athletics History: Jackson sports mustache – first player since 1913 (1972)

On April 15, 1972, Reggie Jackson of the Oakland A’s becomes the first athletic to sport a mustache since Wally Schang of the Philadelphia A’s in 1914 and Jackson is the first major league player with facial hair since Frenchy Bordagaray in 1936. Jackson starts a trend with the A’s, as owner Charlie

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