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.

National Professional Soccer League
TV partnersThe 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.

Founded	1967; 56 years ago
Folded	merged with USA to form NASL in 1968
Country	United States
Other club(s) from	Canada
Number of teams	10
Level on pyramid	1
Last champions	Oakland Clippers (1967)
Most championships	Oakland Clippers (1)

National Professional Soccer League

Founded	1967; 56 years ago
Folded	merged with USA to form NASL in 1968
Country	United States
Other club(s) from	Canada
Number of teams	10
Level on pyramid	1
Last champions	Oakland Clippers (1967)
Most championships	Oakland Clippers (1)
TV partners	CBS

In 1966 a group of sports entrepreneurs led by Bill Cox and Robert Hermann formed a consortium called the North American Professional Soccer League with the intention of forming a professional soccer league in United States and Canada. However this was just one of three groups with similar plans. The NAPSL eventually merged with one of these groups, the National Soccer League, led by Richard Millen, to form the National Professional Soccer League. A third group, the United Soccer Association was sanctioned by both the USSFA and FIFA. The NPSL did not receive sanctioning by the USSFA as they refused to pay the $25,000 fee,^[1] was branded an outlaw league by FIFA and players faced sanctions for signing with it. Despite this the NPSL, which secured a TV contract from CBS, set about recruiting players, and announced it would be ready to launch in 1967.

Franchises	Stadiums (capacity)	Owners
Atlanta Chiefs	Atlanta Stadium(50,893)	William Bartholomay(Atlanta Braves)
Baltimore Bays	Memorial Stadium(52,185)	Jerold Hoffberger(Baltimore Orioles)
Chicago Spurs	Soldier Field(100,000)	William B. Cutler, Michael Butler
Los Angeles Toros	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum(93,000)	Dan Reeves (Los Angeles Rams)
New York Generals	Yankee Stadium(67,000)	RKO General Inc., Elser Enterprises Inc.
Oakland Clippers	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum(53,000)	Joseph O'Neill, H.T. Hilliard
Philadelphia Spartans	Temple University Stadium(20,000)	John Rooney (Pittsburgh Steelers)
Pittsburgh Phantoms	Forbes Field(35,714)	Peter Block, Richard George (Pittsburgh Penguins)
St. Louis Stars	Busch Memorial Stadium(50,000)	Bob Hermann/Bill Bidwill (St. Louis Cardinalsfootball)
Toronto Falcons	Varsity Stadium(25,000)	Joseph Peters

1967 Regular seasonEdit

P= Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T= Ties GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts= point system

6 points for a win, 3 points for a tie, 0 points for a loss, 1 point for each goal scored up to three per game.

-Premiers (most points). -Other playoff team.

Eastern Division	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Baltimore Bays	32	14	9	9	53	47	162
Philadelphia Spartans	32	14	9	9	53	43	157
New York Generals	32	11	13	8	60	58	143
Atlanta Chiefs	31	10	12	9	51	46	135
Pittsburgh Phantoms	31	10	14	7	59	74	132

Western Division	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Oakland Clippers	32	19	8	5	64	34	185
St. Louis Stars	32	14	11	7	54	57	156
Chicago Spurs	32	10	11	11	50	55	142
Toronto Falcons	32	10	17	5	59	70	127
Los Angeles Toros

NPSL soccer ball

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