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A Splice of History

The Blueseum's Short Guide to History as expressed through facial hair

By The Blueseum Writing Crew16 February 2026#Blueseum · #A Splice of History
The Blueseum's Short Guide to History as expressed through facial hair

Published: December 2009

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Pre-VFL (1870's) - George Coulthard

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1900's - Jim Flynn / Mick Grace

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1970's (1976) - Alex Jesaulenko / Bruce Doull

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1970's Full Beards: Denis Collins / Robbert Klomp / Rod Ashman

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Late 1970's - Mutton Chops: Tony Southcombe / Bryan Quirk / Adrian Gallagher / Alex Jesaulenko

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1980's - An attempt at a beard....: Justin Madden

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Early 1980's - The Moustache Era Mike Fitzpatrick / Warren 'Wow' Jones / Ken Hunter / Val Perovic / Peter Bosustow

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And a wonderful 'red'-tache: - Phil Maylin

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21st Century - Brad Fisher / Kade Simpson

Before we finished this guide to history, we could not leave the story as expressed through facial hair without also covering the greatest hairstyles in Carlton's history:

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Kernahan's mullet,

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Alvin's mop, together with a nice comparison to that other great hairstyle of the 1980's - 1990's

and

Catoggio's Curls

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