North American Soccer League Jerseys

Portland Timbers

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Portland Timbers 1975 Home Adidas
     
NASL Portland Timbers 75 Home Team Peter Withe 

Manufacturer: Adidas logo screened on upper right.

Logo: None

Name on Back: Sewn on.

Numbers: Sewn on

Other:

Portland Timbers 1975 Home Variation
     
NASL Portland Timbers 75 Home Barry Lynch NASL Portland Timbers 75 home back jimmy kelly 

Manufacturer: Unknown

Logo:  A patch is on the upper right

Name on Back: Yes

Numbers:

Other:  This jersey is a mesh jersey.  The collar is a T-shirt style collar.

Portland Timbers 1975 Road
     
  Timbers 75 Road Jimmy Kelly

Manufacturer:

Logo:  No Logo

Name on Back: Sewn on

Numbers: Sewn on

Other: This is not an Adidas shirt.  There are 4 stripes on the sleeves, not the 3 stripes Adidas uses.

Portland Timbers 1976 Home Adidas
Portland Timbers 1976 Home Jersey Ike Mackay Portland Timbers 1976 Home Jersey Ike Mackay Back  
  NASL Portland Timbers 76 Home Back Pat McMahon, Brian Tiler Jim Cumbes 

Manufacturer:  Adidas

Logo: Patch on upper right

Name on Back:  Sewn on

Numbers: Sewn on

Other:  This jersey looks to be the same as the '75 Adidas with a Timbers patch added to the upper right.  Need more research to see if it is a modified '75 jersey.

Portland Timbers 1976 Home Admiral
     
NASL Portland Timbers 76 Home Tony Betts NASL Portland Timbers 76 Home Malcolm Smith 

Manufacturer: Admiral, Admiral logo in the upper right.

Logo: No logo

Name on Back:

Numbers:

Other:

Portland Timbers 1976 Home Jelenek

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Manufacturer: Jelenek

Logo:  The logo is plastic and appears to be glued on.

Name on Back: Sewn on

Numbers: Sewn on

Other: Polo style collar with green stripes.

Bicentennial patch sewn on left sleeve.

Portland Timbers 1976 Road
NASL Portland Timbers 76 Road Brian Tiler NASL Portland Timbers 76 Road Back John Rioch

Manufacturer: Jelenek, this looks like an Adidas shirt, but it isn't

Logo: Plastic badge glued on.

Name on Back: Sewn on

Numbers: Sewn on, There appear to have been 2 sets of these. One with a smaller front number as in the Dangerfield above and one with a larger number like the Tiler to the left..  Need more research.

Other:  The Timbers wore the Bicentennial patch in 1976.

Portland Timbers 1977 Home
     
NASL Portland Timbers 77 Road Stewart Scullion Strikers
NASL Portland Timbers 77 Road Back Archie Robostoff

Manufacturer: Unknown

Logo:

Name on Back:

Numbers:

Other: It appears Timbers switched to wearing color at home in 1977.  I have no 1977 or 1978 pictures of them in white.  Need more research.

Portland Timbers 1977 Road
     
Timbers 77 Home Stewart Scullion, Tornado.jpg
Thanks Jan Reinertsen
Timbers 77 Home Willie Anderson

Manufacturer: Unknown

Logo: Sewn on

Name on Back: Sewn on

Numbers: Sewn on

Other: Fabric is an airtex type fabric

Portland Timbers 1978 Home Polo Collar Style
     
NASL Portland Timbers 78 Road Clyde Best (3)
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Manufacturer:

Logo:

Name on Back:

Numbers:

Other: The Timbers wore color at home in 1978.

Portland Timbers 1978 Home Crew Neck Collar Style
     

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Thanks Michael Orr

Manufacturer:

Logo: On left

Name on Back: None

Numbers:

Other: The Timbers wore color at home in 1978.

Portland Timbers 1978 Road
     
Timbers 78 Head Jimmy Conway   

Manufacturer: Adidas

Logo: Patch Sewn on upper right

Name on Back: Yes

Numbers: Sewn on

Other: Same style as the 1977, except the fabric changes.

 

Portland Timbers 1979 Home
NASL Portland Timbers 79 Home Jersey Clyde Best NASL Portland Timbers 79 Home Jersey Clyde Best Back 
 
Timbers 79 Home Alan Thompson Timbers 79 Home Back Alan Thompson

Manufacturer: The manufacture is Barbalan.  However there is the Nike logo on the sleeve.  This is fairly common in the 79-80 timeframe.

Logo: Sewn on, Logo switches from right side to left side. Logo gets bigger and now has a white border.

Name on Back: Sewn on

Numbers: Sewn on

Other:  I've seen 3 of these '79 jerseys all 3 had the Nike tag completely washed out.

Portland Timbers 1979 Road
     
NASL Portland Timbers 79 Road Graham Day  NASL Portland Timbers 79 Road Back Garry Ayre Aztecs Johan Cruyff

Manufacturer: Nike, Nike Logo on right sleeve

Logo: Sewn on, Logo switches from right side to left side. Logo gets bigger and now has a white border.

Name on Back: Yes

Numbers: Sewn on, Front number moves from left side to right side.

Other:  The collar now has yellow, white and green in it.

Portland Timbers 1979 Road Round Collar Variation
     
NASL Portland Timbers 1979 Road Kelvin Norman, Sounders
This is the only photo of this style I have.  I'm guessing it is some sort of preseason jersey.  The player looks like Kelvin Norman.  However, Norman isn't listed as having played against the Sounders.
 

Manufacturer: Unknown

Logo:

Name on Back:

Numbers:

Other:  Notice the rounded collar instead of the polo style collar that the Timbers had on their 1979 Nike jerseys.

Portland Timbers 1980 Home
     
NASL Portland Timbers 80 Home Rob Rensenbrink NASL Portland Timbers 80 Home Stuart Lee

Manufacturer: Adidas, Adidas logo in upper right. The 3 Adidas shoulder stripes are back.

Logo: Sewn on stays on left side

Name on Back: Sewn on, Notice the fancy font.

Numbers: Sewn on

Other: It appears the Timbers switched back to white at home in 1980.

Portland Timbers 1980 Road
NASL Portland Timbers 80 Road Jersey Stuart Lee  NASL Portland Timbers 80 Road Jersey Stuart Lee Back   
NASL Portland Timbers 80 Road Willie Donachie  

Manufacturer: Adidas, Adidas logo in upper right. The 3 Adidas shoulder stripes are back.

Logo: Sewn on stays on left side

Name on Back: Sewn on, Notice the fancy font.

Numbers: Sewn on

Other:

Portland Timbers 1981 Home
NASL Portland Timbers 81 Home Jersey Bernie Fagan 2  NASL Portland Timbers 81 Home Jersey Bernie Fagan 2 Back 
NASL Portland Timbers 81 Home Willie Donachie John Pratt Young Jeung Cho 

Manufacturer: Adidas, Adidas logo on upper right

Logo: Sewn on

Name on Back: Sewn on

Numbers:  Sewn on

Other:

Portland Timbers 1981 Road
     
NASL Portland Timbers 81 Road Dale Mitchell

Manufacturer: Adidas

Logo: Sewn on

Name on Back: Sewn on

Numbers: Sewn on

Other:

Portland Timbers 1982 Home
     
NASL Portland Timbers 82 Head Ron Futcher NASL Portland Timbers 82 Home Back Willie Donachie

Manufacturer: Nike, Nike Logo in upper right.

Logo: Timbers is written across the front. 

Name on Back: Sewn on

Numbers: Sewn on

Other:

Portland Timbers 1982 Road

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Thanks Michael Orr 

Thanks Michael Orr
NASL Portland Timbers 82 Road Young Jeung Cho (3)  Portland Timbers 1982 Road Back Dale Mitchell, Sounders

Manufacturer: Nike, Nike Logo sewn into the upper right

Logo:  Sewn on "Timbers" across the front. 

Name on Back: Sewn on

Numbers: Sewn on White over Gold

Other: