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What would these sports icons look like if they had glasses?

In honor of National Eyewear Day, we photoshopped glasses onto some of the biggest names in sports. 
What would these sports icons look like if they had glasses?
What would these sports icons look like if they had glasses?

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Monday is National Eyewear Day, which is definitely just a made-up holiday. But it gives us an excuse to imagine what the biggest names in sports would look like if they wore glasses. Basically, they’d all look about five years older.

Kobe Bryant

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Ronald Martinez/Getty Images

Cam Newton

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Michael Conroy/AP

J.J. Watt

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Scott Halleran/Getty Images

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Lionel Messi

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Alex Caparros/Getty Images

Bill Belichick

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Ronald Martinez/Getty Images

Derek Jeter

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Tim Boyles/Getty Images

Kevin Durant

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Sue Ogrocki/AP

Bryce Harper 

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Ezra Shaw/Getty Images

Peyton Manning

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Doug Pensinger/Getty Images

The Undertaker

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If I was better at Photoshop I would have put them in Rec Specs.

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Dan Gartland
DAN GARTLAND

Dan Gartland writes Sports Illustrated’s flagship daily newsletter, SI:AM, and is the host of the “Stadium Wonders” video series. He joined the SI staff in 2014, having previously been published on Deadspin and Slate. Gartland, a graduate of Fordham University, is a former Sports Jeopardy! champion (Season 1, Episode 5).

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