The discipline from spending his age 14-17 years at Culver Military Academy and his time at Lockbourne Air Force Base inspired Steinbrenner to adopt an appearance policy upon Yankees players and coaches four years after he purchased baseball’s most famous and success franchise from CBS.

George Steinbrenner instituted the policy in 1976, three years after he bought the team, when the fashion of the era saw long hair and unkempt beards became commonplace. Steinbrenner, a former member of the U.S. Air Force, did not agree with the style of the times.