A retired New York City cop defeated 14 other Americans, including the animated Cleveland Brown of Family Guy, for the honor of being the first person to be named the "Robert Goulet Memorial Mustached American of the Year."
An amazing overflow crowd of 1,000-plus watched as Tim Galvin accepted one of the silliest honors in recorded history, although at least it was all for a charitable cause...
Check out the moment of truth, right here:
From the news release:
The award recognizes the most impactful Mustached American of the past year.
Galvin was honored Saturday... in St. Louis at 'Stache Bash 2008, the American Mustache Institute's (AMI) annual benefit for Challenger Baseball, a baseball league for children and adults with developmental disabilities.
Just For Men(R) Haircolor [sponsored the award and] announced a $5,000 contribution to Challenger Baseball before placing a purple and gold crown on Galvin's head.
"I accept this honor for Mustached Americans everywhere," [Galvin] told an overflow crowd of nearly 1,000. "After 34 years of proudly wearing a mustache, I am humbled to be recognized by an organization that values and honors it."
Galvin won the "Goulet" award in an online poll, and competed against an all-star roster of fifteen distinguished Mustached Americans, including sports greats Jason Giambi, Art Monk, Goose Gossage and Keith Hernandez; Libertarian Party presidential candidate Bob Barr...
Now, as Scanner Emily would say, "Where's the Beard of Year Awards?" Yes, that we'd like to see...
Via the American Mustache Institute.
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