It’s Movember time again, and for one month only the moustache becomes acceptable facial fuzz for men across the country.

You’ll see them on your loved ones and on our sportsmen, and each and every one of them will persuade you it’s just about raising awareness of men’s health issues, which is worthy indeed.

But the truth is, for blokes of a certain age – let’s say 38, for the sake of argument – it’s also an excuse to live out a boyhood dream. It may seem hard to believe, but once upon a time, the 'tache was the ultimate symbol of manly cool.

Name me one 80s kid that didn’t dream of being Magnum. He drove a red Ferrari, lived in Hawaii and hardly seemed to do a stroke of work. He also had the bushiest moustache in television history. Look at your family photos from the period, and I can guarantee your dad tried his own version of the 'Tom Selleck' over two weeks in Corfu.

If Magnum was the ultimate American style icon of the time, Scotland has had its very own selection of successful celebs who have sported the hairy top lip at key points in their careers.

1: Sean Connery
One of the most famous faces in the world has grown one fuzzy creation after another. It may be that Connery initially grew out the lower half of his head to make up for losses on the top, but his long, drooping moustache became synonymous with his great comeback years, culminating in his Oscar triumph for the Untouchables in 1988.

2: Graeme Souness
Football fans growing up in Scotland in the 80s usually picked Liverpool as their second team. Were they glory hunters, or was it more an appreciation of fashion? This all-conquering side seemed to be made up entirely of permed, moustachioed adonises, but it was our very own Graeme Souness who led the pack. You could almost see his 'tache bristle as he picked out passes from midfield.

3: Willie Miller
Another hugely successful football moustache is the one sported by Aberdeen and Scotland legend Willie Miller. He skippered the Dons to a European Cup Winners’ Cup triumph in 1983 and his 'tache is remembered so fondly in the north east that a campaign has been launched to cajole him into regrowing it. Check out this article in the Press and Journal, and watch our for an Aberdeen revival.

Dons legend is set a new goal

4: Sam Torrance
Every golf fan loves Sam Torrance. He may not have picked up a Major, but he did sink the winning putt in the 1985 Ryder Cup to take the trophy to Europe for the first time in 28 years. He inexplicably shaved his 'tache off for a while, but he grew it back to skipper the European team to its 2002 triumph at The Belfry. A coincidence? I think not.

5: George Galloway
Another moustache which has rarely been out of the news over the years belongs to Scottish political maverick, George Galloway. He’s been chucked out of the Labour party and raised hell at the US Senate, but most people outside politics know him best for using his whiskers to good effect pretending to be a cat on Celebrity Big Brother.

If you want to take part, but don't know which style of moustache to go for, try the Scottish Sun's handy guide:

Pick a tache for Movember