Beard Liberation Front
15th November
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England men’s football captain Harry Kane joins Beard of the Year 2019 shortlist poll
The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has said that the process of determining the Beard of the Year 2019 has begun with the vote open for the shortlist for the annual Award.
The on-line poll to determine the twelve finalists is now open and will close on November 21st
The final poll then opens on November 22nd with the winner announced on December 28th
After his hat-trick at Wembley on Thursday evening England men’s football Harry Kane has joined the poll
The placing of names on the shortlist is determined by votes in the preliminary round and the higher up the list someone appears the better their chances tend to be.
The criteria for Beard of the Year is as follows:
The Award is NOT about people who grow beards in their bedrooms and post pictures of them on the internet
The Award IS about people with consistent beards in the public eye who promote a positive image of the hirsute
TV doctor Xand Van Tulleken and cosmologist Peter Coles currently at Maynooth University in Ireland shared the Award.
BLF Organiser Keith Flett said, Of course football is a very partisan sport but there can be no question that if an England men’s football captain with a beard scores a hat-trick at Wembley he is promoting a positive image of the hirsute.
Beard of the Year longlist
Jurgen Klopp, football manager
Ben Stokes, cricketer
Philip Wilton, Tottenham cheese maker
Stig Abell, Editor, Times Literary Supplement
Jeremy Corbyn, Labour leader
Noam Chomsky, academic & activist
Ben Bellamy, Winner, Beard of Autumn 2019
Lenny Henry, comedian
Paul Mason, Winner, Scary Beard of Halloween 2019
Benjamin Zephaniah, poet
Michael Rosen, author & broadcaster
George Clooney, actor
Billy Connolly, performer
Idris Elba, actor
Prince Harry, Royal
Billy Bragg, musician
Rylan Clark-Neal, Strictly, It Takes Two
Bob Harris, broadcaster
Raheem Sterling, footballer
Alexei Sayle, comedian
Lowkey, rapper
Harry Kane, footballer
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