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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