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George Parros ’03, right, with stylist Vincent Vu at his 2007 Locks of Love haircut. (Courtesy the Anaheim Ducks) |
Anaheim Ducks right wing George Parros ’03 seems to embrace contrasts. He didn't let his Ivy League pedigree prevent him from becoming a rough-and-tumble enforcer in the NHL. ("I know, I should be in a blue blazer and ascot," Parros joked in a 2008 PAW interview.) And he's not letting his tough on-ice persona get in the way of his charitable side.
The long-haired, mustachioed Parros, known affectionately as "the ’Stache," grows his locks out each year and then donates the hair to Locks of Love, a charity that makes wigs for children who are undergoing cancer treatment. (His next big haircut is scheduled for Dec. 14.) Last week, Parros also launched a line of ’Stache Gear T-shirts and hats, on sale at Ducks games. Proceeds benefit the Childhood Leukemia Foundation and the Garth Brooks Teammates for Kids Foundation, and in its first weekend, the project raised $7,500.
Parros told ESPN.com that the hair-and-mustache mania has roots in his pre-professional days. "All my coaches in high school and college wouldn't let me grow my hair out," he said. "So my first year in pro hockey, I let my hair grow out. It was getting long around Christmas and someone told me about Locks of Love at the time. I figured if I was going to cut if off, I might as well do something good with it. And it kind of started from there."
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