NPSL soccer ball
I bought an original rare french soccer ball in USA In fact the second from hungaria . You will see the leather ball when i receive it , Nevertheless one pic about the ball to show you the original stamp brand .
Baltimore Bays Autographed Soccer Ball - 1967 -
The Bays were then part of the NPSL - National Professional Soccer League .
Decipherable signatures list
(With added info on each)
Doug Millward (Coach)
(10 July 1931 – 23 October 2000)
He coached Baltimore Bays and Baltimore Comets
He had previously played for Ipswich Town FC in UK.
Guy St. Vil
Guy Saint-Vil (born 21 October 1942) is a Haitian football forward who played for Haiti in the 1974 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Racing CH. In the United States, he played for the Baltimore Bays in their inaugural year in 1967 for the NPSL, and continued with them into the NASL in 1968
Badu De Cruz
Badu De Cruz Born: July 20, 1946 in Niteroi, Brazil. He played on Baltimore Bays team in 1967 and 1968.
David Primo (non cursive signed)
David Primo born 5 May 1946 in Bulgaria. He is a former Israeli international footballer who was part of the squad that competed at the 1970 World Cup
Shimon Cohen
Shimon Cohen is an Israeli former professional association footballer who played for the Israeli national team and the Baltimore Bays of the National Professional Soccer League.
Cohen played nine games, scoring one goal, with the Israeli national team between 1962 and 1966. In 1967, he spent a single season on loan with the Baltimore Bays in the NPSL.
Luis Mayoral
Luis Mayoral Grande (born 10 August 1947) is a Spanish former footballer, who played for Baltimore Bays as an midfielder. He was professional from 1967 until 1976. He spent the better part of his youth career with Atlético Madrid after starting out at Grenoble. He moved to Albacete Balompié in 1975.
Ruben Garcete
Rubén Garcete , also known as Rubens (Asunción , March 30, 1941), is a Paraguayan former footballer and sports manager In 1967 he moved to the United States of America to play for the Baltimore Bays in the newly formed NPSL . With the Bays he took first place in the Eastern Division of the NPSL , thus qualifying for the finals of the competition, which he then lost against the Oakland Clippers .
Asher Welch
Asher Welch (born 16 April 1944) is a Jamaican former professional soccer player who played in the NASL between 1967 and 1970 for the Baltimore Bays and Kansas City Spurs. He began his career in Jamaica with Cavaliers FC,
Leif Claesson
Leif Claesson, Born 1940-12-12 in Sweden
Uriel da Veiga
Uriel Da Veiga (born August 28, 1940) is a retired Brazilian football (soccer) player
In 1967, Da Viega signed with the Baltimore Bays of the National Professional Soccer League. In 1969, the NPSL merged with the United Soccer Association to form the North American Soccer League
Fernando Azevedo
Fernando Azevedo ( born May 19, 1941) is a former Brazilian footballer who played as a striker
In 1967 he moved, following his St. Mirren coach Doug Millward , to the USA , to play for the Baltimore Bays
Hipolito Chilinque
Joe Speca
Joe Speca ( born July 1, 1937 ) is a former American soccer player and soccer manager .
In 1967 he was signed by the professionals of the Baltimore Bays , a franchise in the newly formed NPSL . With the Bays he obtained first place in the Eastern Division of the NPSL , thus qualifying for the final of the competition, which he then lost against the Oakland Clippers
Halis Alkis (no info found)
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My late uncle, Robert Anderson was a supervisor of ushers at the old Memorial Stadium in Baltimore Maryland in the 1960's and 1970's.
He ushered during all events at the stadium.
This was one of the items i inherited after his death a few years back.
It does not have a letter of authenticity but my uncle's position there should suffice.
Bad thing about his working there was that he was later fired for pushing a fan after they threw a beer on him.
the story
The National Professional Soccer League(NPSL) was a North American professional soccer league that existed for only the 1967 season before merging with the United Soccer Association (USA) to form the North American Soccer League. It had ten charter members, nine from the United States and one from Canada. To encourage attacking play, the NPSL introduced a new standings points system that was later used by the NASL – 6 points for a win, 3 for a draw, 0 for a loss and 1 bonus point for each of the first three goals scored. The circuit's commissioner was Ken Macker, an American publisher of three Philippines-based newspapers. The name National Professional Soccer League was revived in 1990 and used by a United States professional indoor soccer league.