North American Soccer League Jerseys

Tampa Bay Rowdies

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Tampa Bay Rowdies 1975  Home No Collar
     
NASL Tampa Bay Rowdies 75 Home Clyde Best NASL Tampa Bay Rowdies 76 Head Stewart Scullion 2 

Manufacturer:

Logo:  Sewn on

Name on Back:

Numbers: Sewn on

Other:  The Rowdies are very difficult to pin down.  They have the same basic color scheme and design for their entire history.  However they have a ton of minor variations.  Starting with 1975-76, my instinct is that there are multiple variations of each shirt I have listed here.  I think there are fabric changes as well as element changes.  Need a lot more research.

Tampa Bay Rowdies 1975 Home with Collar and Serifed Numbers
     

Thanks Dan Perez and http://mytampabayrowdies.blogspot.com/  

Manufacturer: Speed-line

Logo: Screened on

Name on Back: Screened on

Numbers: Screened on, notice that the numbers are different in this style.  The numbers don't have the stylized serifs that all other Rowdies jerseys have.

Other:

Tampa Bay Rowdies 1975 Home with Collar and San Serif Numbers
     
NASL Tampa Bay Rowdies 75 Home Farrukh Quraishi NASL Tampa Bay Rowdies 75 Home Back Derek Smethurst Stewart Scullion, Toros 

Manufacturer: Speed-line

Logo: Screened on

Name on Back: Screened on

Numbers: Screened on, notice that the numbers are different in this style.  The numbers don't have the stylized serifs that all other Rowdies jerseys have.

Other:

Tampa Bay Rowdies 1975 Road
     
NASL Tampa Bay Rowdies 75 Road Stewart Jump Atoms Jim Fryatt NASL Tampa Bay Rowdies 76 Arsene Auguste Road

Manufacturer: Unknown

Logo:

Name on Back: Yes

Numbers:

Other:

Tampa Bay Rowdies 1976 Home
NASL Tampa Bay Rowdies 76 Home Jersey Alex Pringle NASL Tampa Bay Rowdies 76 Home Jersey Alex Pringle Back NASL Tampa Bay Rowdies 76 Home Jersey Alex Pringle Umbro Tag

Thanks Dan Perez and http://mytampabayrowdies.blogspot.com/  
NASL Tampa Bay Rowdies 76 Home Back Len Glover

Manufacturer: Umbro

Logo: Sewn on

Name on Back:  Sewn on

Numbers: Sewn on

Other:  All the '76 Jerseys appear to have a v-neck.  The fabric on the '76 jersey is different from the '75.  The '75 is a mesh.  The '76 is an odd polyester type fabric.  

The Rowdies wore the Bicentennial patch  on the upper right chest.

Tampa Bay Rowdies 1976 Road
     
 

Manufacturer:

Logo:

Name on Back:

Numbers:

Other:  All the '76 Jerseys appear to have a v-neck.  This is probably the same jersey as the '75 except it has the Bicentennial patch on the upper right.

Tampa Bay Rowdies 1977 Home Yellow Collar
     
Rowdies 70's Head Rodney Marsh 
Thanks Jan Reinertsen
NASL Tampa Bay Rowdies 76-77 Home Joey Fink Steve Wegerle

Manufacturer: Unknown

Logo:

Name on Back: 

Numbers:

Other:   This jersey has yellow collars, instead of the usual green

Tampa Bay Rowdies 1977 Home Green Collar
     
NASL Tampa Bay Rowdies 77 Home Rodney Marsh (4)  NASL Tampa Bay Rowdies 77 Home Back Mike Connell Strikers

Manufacturer: Unknown

Logo:

Name on Back:  Yes

Numbers:

Other: The front collar on the '77s go straight across.  The '76s were v-neck.

Tampa Bay Rowdies 1977-78 Home Double Adidas Tag
 
 

Manufacturer: Adidas logo is on both sides.  The one on the left is larger than the right.

Logo:

Name on Back:  Screened on Patch

Numbers: Screened on

Other: The front is a v-neck.  The '77 without the  Adidas logo the collar goes straight across.  The jersey was also worn in '78.  See the Bandov picture to the left

Tampa Bay Rowdies 1977 Home With Copyright
     
Tampa Bay Rowdies 1977 Derek Smethurst  Rowdies 77 Home Copyright Wall

Manufacturer: Unknown

Logo: Screened on, the logo has a small ® next to the "s" in "Rowdies."

Name on Back: Screened on

Numbers:  Screened on

Other:

Tampa Bay Rowdies 1977 Road Double Adidas Tag
     
  NASL Tampa Bay Rowdies 77 Road Radomir Stefanovic

Manufacturer: Adidas logo is on both sides.  The one on the left is larger than the right.

Logo:

Name on Back:  Screened on Patch

Numbers: Screened on

Other: The front is a v-neck.  The '77 without the  Adidas logo the collar goes straight across.

Tampa Bay Rowdies 1977 Road Jersey with Copyright
     
NASL Tampa Bay Rowdies 77 Road Len Glover Copyright  

Manufacturer: Unknown

Logo: Screened on, the logo has a small ® next to the "s" in "Rowdies."

Name on Back: Screened on

Numbers:  Screened on

Other:

Tampa Bay Rowdies 1978-80 Home
NASL Tampa Bay Rowdies 79-80 Home Steve Wegerle.JPG NASL Tampa Bay Rowdies 79-80 Home Steve Wegerle Back.JPG  
Rowdies 79-80 Head Steve Wegerle Color.jpg  NASL Tampa Bay Rowdies 79 Home Back Rodney Marsh Cosmos Bobby Smith

Manufacturer: Adidas, the big Adidas logo moves to the right side.  The little Adidas logo is gone

Logo: Screened on

Name on Back: Screened on

Numbers:  Screened on

Other: Collar is a v-neck with green coming down to the front instead of the white in '77.

It appears that Marsh is wearing a jersey with a T-shirt collar.  All other '78 photos I have clearly have polo style collars.  This may be a variation.  Need more research.

Tampa Bay Rowdies 1978-80 Road
Rowdies 79-80 Road Jersey John Gorman.jpg  
  NASL Tampa Bay Rowdies 78 Road Back Fleeting Giorigio Chingalia

Manufacturer: Adidas, the big Adidas logo moves to the right side.  The little Adidas logo is gone

Logo: Screened on

Name on Back: Screened on

Numbers:  Screened on

Other: Collar is a v-neck with yellow coming down to the front.

 

     
Tampa Bay Rowdies 1978 Road Jersey Soccer Bowl
NASL Tampa Bay Rowdies 78 Road Jersey Boris Bandov NASL Tampa Bay Rowdies 78 Road Jersey Boris Bandov Back NASL Tampa Bay Rowdies 78 Road Jersey Boris Bandov Adidas Tag
NASL Tampa Bay Rowdies 78 Road Jim Fleeting Cosmos Dennis tueart NASL Tampa Bay Rowdies 78 Road Back Frantz St. Lot

Manufacturer: Adidas

Logo: Screened on

Name on Back: Screened on

Numbers:  Screened on

Other: A Soccer Bowl 78 patch was added for the Cosmos-Rowdies Soccer Bowl game.  The quality control on these appears to be pretty loose.  See the Boris Bandov jersey above.

Tampa Bay Rowdies 1978-79 Home Indoor
     
NASL Tampa Bay Rowdies 79-80 Indoor Home Steve Wegerle (2) NASL Tampa Bay Rowdies 79-80 Indoor Home Steve Wegerle

Manufacturer: Adidas

Logo: Screened on

Name on Back: Screened on

Numbers: Screened on

Other: The Rowdies appear to have screened on a logo some time during the 1979-80 Indoor season.

Tampa Bay Rowdies 1979 Home Soccer Bowl Patch
     
NASL Tampa Bay Rowdies 79 Home Barry Kitchner Whitecaps Roger Kenyon NASL Tampa Bay Rowdies 79 Home Back Wes McLeod Whitecaps Carl Valentine

Manufacturer: Adidas

Logo: Screened on

Name on Back: Screened on

Numbers: Screened on

Other:  Rowdies screened on a patch for the 1979 Soccer Bowl. 

   
Tampa Bay Rowdies 1979 Road Rodney Marsh Patch
NASL Tampa Bay Rowdies 79 Road Jersey Steve Wegerle.JPG
   

Manufacturer: Adidas

Logo: Screened on

Name on Back: Screened on

Numbers: Screened on

Other: 

Tampa Bay Rowdies 1981-84 Home
NASL Tampa Bay Rowdies 81-84 Home Jersey Mike Connell NASL Tampa Bay Rowdies 81-84 Home Jersey Mike Connell Back NASL Tampa Bay Rowdies 81-84 Home Jersey Mike Connell Adidas Tag
Rowdies 83 Home Tatu, Jim Easton, Mark Karpun  NASL Tampa Bay Rowdies 81 Home Back Wall Sting Rudy Glenn

Manufacturer: Adidas

Logo: Screened on

Name on Back: Screened on

Numbers: Screened on

Other:  The front of the collar changes in 1981. The 1978-80 jersey had the front collar joining the front.  The 81-84 comes down like a polo shirt that might have  buttons on it.

Tampa Bay Rowdies 1981-82 Home Indoor
     
Tampa Bay Rowdies 1981-82 Home Indoor Tatu Connell, Roe, Roberts
Thanks http://mytampabayrowdies.blogspot.com/
Sting 81-82 Indoor Road Bret Hall, Rowdies Zequihna, Tatu

Manufacturer: Adidas

Logo: Screened on.  Notice the "Indoor" logo screened on above the Rowdies logo.

Name on Back: Screened on

Numbers: Screened on. 

Other: 

Tampa Bay Rowdies 1983 Home San Serif Font Variation
     
NASL Tampa Bay Rowdies 83 Home Team.jpg  

Manufacturer: Adidas

Logo: Screened on

Name on Back: Screened on

Numbers: Screened on.  The numbers are the difference in this variation.  Throughout their history, the Rowdies always had a fancy serif style font for their numbers.  There was a '75 version that didn't have the fancy numbers. 

In the '83 team picture look at #23 Jim Easton and #22 Peter Baralic seated together in the middle row.  The numbers are very different.  Barlic's jersey has a flat san serif style 2.   Easton's is the traditional serifed font.

Other: 

Tampa Bay Rowdies 1981-84 Road
NASL Tampa Bay Rowdies 81-84 Road Jersey  Mike Connell NASL Tampa Bay Rowdies 81-84 Road Jersey Mike Connell Back  
NASL Tampa Bay Rowdies 82 Road Peter Nogly NASL Tampa Bay Rowdies 81 Road Mike Connell Refik Kozic

Manufacturer: Adidas, logo is sewn in with gold thread. It was white in previous years.

Logo: Screened on

Name on Back: Screened on

Numbers: Screened on

Other:  The front of the collar changes in 1981. The 1978-80 jersey had the front collar joining the front.  The 81-84 comes down like a polo shirt that might have buttons on it.

Tampa Bay Rowdies 1981-82 Road Indoor
     
Tampa Bay Rowdies 81-82 Road Indoor Team NASL Tampa Bay Rowdies 81-82 Road Indoor Peter Gruber, Jurgen Stars.jpg
Thanks http://mytampabayrowdies.blogspot.com/

Manufacturer: Adidas

Logo: Screened on.  Notice the "Indoor" logo screened on above the Rowdies logo.

Name on Back: Screened on

Numbers: Screened on. 

Other: 

Tampa Bay Rowdies 1983-84 Road with Copyright
NASL Tampa Bay Rowdies 82-84 Road Jersey Tatu NASL Tampa Bay Rowdies 82-84 Road Jersey Tatu Back NASL Tampa Bay Rowdies 82-84 Road Jersey Tatu
NASL Tampa Bay Rowdies 83-84 Indoor Road Team.JPG  

Manufacturer: Adidas

Logo: Screened on, the logo has a small ® next to the "s" in "Rowdies."

Name on Back: Screened on

Numbers:  Screened on

Other:: You cans see the Copyright and the short number variation in this 83-84 Indoor team photo.

 

Tampa Bay Rowdies 1983-84 Indoor Road Small Number Variation
     
NASL Tampa Bay Rowdies 83-84 Indoor Road Team.JPG
Thanks http://mytampabayrowdies.blogspot.com/
NASL Tampa Bay Rowdies 83-84 Indoor Road Back Perry Van Der Beck

Manufacturer: Adidas

Logo: Screened on

Name on Back: Screened on

Numbers:  The team photo to the left has examples of the both the small number and regular number jerseys.  In the small number variation, the front and back numbers are very small.  Probably not more than 3-4 inches tall. The back numbers are about the same size as the player's name.  It is a funny looking jersey.

Other:

 

 

 

Tampa Bay Rowdies 1985 Exhibition
NASL Tampa Bay Rowdies 70's Home Jersey Derek Smethurst RWB NASL Tampa Bay Rowdies 70's Home Jersey Derek Smethurst RWB Back  

Thanks http://mytampabayrowdies.blogspot.com/

Thanks http://mytampabayrowdies.blogspot.com/

Manufacturer: Cannon

Logo: Screened on

Name on Back: Screened on

Numbers:  Screened on.  

Other:  This jersey is post-NASL.  It is from an exhibition game played between a team of former Rowdies and the US National Team.  The game was played on Juiy 4th, hence the red, white, and blue colors.