Interesting Rowing Trivia…

PHOTO;Sam Worthington (as Jake Sully in Avatar movie) with a crew cut style.

The crew cut; A long crew cut is referred to in the US as an ivy league crew cut or ivy league. A typical ivy league might be graduated in length on the top of the head from one and a half inches at the front hairline to one half inch at the back of the crown.

The term was most likely coined to describe the haircut worn by members of the Yale rowing crew in the 1890s. The name drew a contrast with football players of the time, who wore long hair to compensate for the flimsy leather helmets. According to a history by helmet manufacturer Riddell, the championship Yale football team switched to crew cuts in 1895, which became the style for football as well as crew and "remained in fashion for nearly 70 years".

The crew cut was adopted by the United States armed forces during World War II, and became a civilian fashion for men throughout the 1950s.