GREEN BAY — When Hansel Canady sinks into his couch on Sundays to watch a Green Bay Packers game, he doesn’t pay much attention to the helmeted players darting across the screen.
His interest piques when the cameras cut to the sideline. If he’s lucky, the shot will linger on a player without his helmet. He scrutinizes the haircuts typically hidden by headgear.
He dreads seeing unkempt beards, not-so-faded-anymore fades, overgrown hair around the ears.
Why the heck didn’t he come to me for a haircut before he got on TV?
As the barber to the bulk of Packers players, Canady takes ownership over their appearances from the scalp up. But the impact of a fresh cut goes deeper than the follicle. Canady has helped players such as former Packers offensive lineman Kyle Murphy, his first NFL client in 2017, “look good, feel good, play good” on game day.
“I never would've thought,” Murphy said, “my favorite haircuts ever would've been at a place like Green Bay, of all places.”
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