Article: Hats off to the baseball cap; PITCH IN WITH 20 FACTS AS WORLD'S FAVOURITE HEADGEAR IS 50 TODAY.(Features)

Byline: NICK WEBSTER

WALK down any street in the world and the chances are you'll spot a baseball cap.

The fashion essential, which started as a sporting accessory to keep the sun off players' heads, celebrates its 50th birthday this month.

Before April 1954, baseball players wore a variety of headgear, until the New Era Cap Company unveiled its 59Fifty.

And it's the same hat that's worn today by everyone from pop stars to princes.

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