North American Soccer League Players

George Best
Born: May 22, 1946 City: Belfast, Northern Ireland Height: 5' 8" Weight: 159 lbs. National Team: Northern Ireland 1964-1977
Died: November 25, 2005            
Aztecs 77 Head George Best
Thanks Jan Reinertsen		 Team League Year Num Pos Gms Min Goals Assists Points Citizen
Manchester United England 63-64   F           N. Ireland
Manchester United England 64-65   F           N. Ireland
Manchester United England 65-66   F           N. Ireland
Manchester United England 66-67   F           N. Ireland
Manchester United England 67-68 7,10 F           N. Ireland
Manchester United England 68-69   F           N. Ireland
Manchester United England 69-70   F      
  N. Ireland
Manchester United England 70-71   F           N. Ireland
Manchester United England 71-72   F           N. Ireland
Manchester United England 72-73   F           N. Ireland
Manchester United England 73-74   F           N. Ireland
Jewish Guild England 74   F           N. Ireland
Dunstable Town England 74   F           N. Ireland
Stockport County England 75   F           N. Ireland
Cork Celtic Ireland 75-76   F           N. Ireland
Los Angeles Aztecs NASL 76 11 F 23   15 7 37 N. Ireland
Fulham England 76-77   F           N. Ireland
Los Angeles Aztecs NASL 77 11 F 20   11 18 40 N. Ireland
Los Angeles Aztecs Indoor NASL 78 11 F           N. Ireland
Los Angeles Aztecs NASL 78 11 F 12   1 0 2 N. Ireland
Ft. Lauderdale Strikers NASL 78 3 F 9 1843 4 1 9 N. Ireland
Ft. Lauderdale Strikers NASL 79 3 F 19 1191 2 7 11 N. Ireland
Hibernian Scotland 79-80   F           N. Ireland
San Jose Earthquakes NASL 80 11 F 26 2662 8 11 27 N. Ireland
San Jose Earthquakes Indoor NASL 80-81 11 F 16   25 27 77 N. Ireland
San Jose Earthquakes NASL 81 11 F 30   13 10 36 N. Ireland
San Jose Earthquakes Indoor NASL 81-82 11 F 5   8 15 31 N. Ireland
Sea Bee Hong Kong 82   F           N. Ireland
Hong Kong Rangers Hong Kong 82   F           N. Ireland
Bournemouth England 83   F           N. Ireland
Brisbane Lions Australia 83   F           N. Ireland
Osborne Park Galeb Australia 83   F           N. Ireland
Nuneaton Borough England 83   F           N. Ireland
Tobermore United England 84   F           N. Ireland
Ft. Lauderdale Strikers Exhibition ASL 88 11 F           N. Ireland
Manchester United 1963-74 (England)

1965-66

1971
Northern Ireland 1964-77
     

1971
George Best (L), Gordon Banks (R)
Northern Ireland vs. England
Northern Ireland vs. England
From www.gettyimages.com
1976
 
Dunstable Town 1974 (England)
     

Manchester United Reserves at Dunstable		  
Manchester United Reserves at Dunstable
Los Angeles Aztecs 1976 Home Numbers Above Stripes (NASL)
     
NASL Soccer Los Angeles Aztecs 76 Home George Best (4)
Dave Clements (6), Pele (10), George Best (11)
New York Cosmos at Los Angeles Aztecs
April 11, 1976
George Best (11), Trevor Hockey (17)
San Diego Jaws vs. Los Angeles Aztecs
Los Angeles Aztecs 1976 Home Numbers Through Stripes (NASL)
     

Davie Kemp (13), George Best (11)
Earthquakes Red collar
Los Angeles Aztecs-San Jose Earthquakes
Bobby Moore (6), George Best (12)
San Antonio Thunder at Los Angeles Aztecs
NASL Soccer Los Angeles Aztecs 76 Home George Best
Brian Joy (4), George Best (11), Alan Stephens
San Diego Jaws at Los Angeles Aztecs

Johnny Moore (8), George Best (11),
San Jose Earthquakes at Los Angeles Aztecs
George Best (11), Pat McBride
St. Louis Stars vs. Los Angeles Aztecs
John Marsh, Bernie Fagan, Bob McAlinden, George Sorgic, George Best, Charlie Cooke 
Los Angeles Aztecs 1976 Road (NASL)
     
NASL Soccer Los Angeles Aztecs 76 Road George Best (4)
 NASL Soccer Los Angeles Aztecs 76 Road Back George Best Los Angeles Aztecs 76 Road Team 3
 
Fulham 1976-77 (England)
Los Angeles Aztecs 1976 Road Alternate (NASL)
     
NASL Soccer Los Angeles Aztecs 76 Road George Best, cooke, McAlinden
This picture is from '76.  The players are wearing the '75 jerseys.  It is unclear if this is just an early season photo opportunity.  All the '76 Aztecs wearing '74 jerseys pictures seem to be taken at the same time with Elton John in many of the pictures.  There are no people in the stands.
Elton John (L), George Best (11)
This picture is likely from 1976.  However, I'm not sure.
Los Angeles Aztecs 1977 Home (NASL)

Thanks http://www.footballshirtcollection.com/
Thanks http://www.footballshirtcollection.com/

Thanks http://www.footballshirtcollection.com/
NASL Soccer Los Angeles Aztecs 77 Home George Best 2


George Best (11), Ane Mihailovic (17) 
George Best (11), Brian Budd (9), Bob McAlinden (8)
Vancouver Whitecaps at Los Angeles Aztecs
Jim McAlister (3), George Best (11)
Seattle Sounders at Los Angeles Aztecs

George Best (11), Bob Hope (R)
Dallas Tornado at Los Angeles Aztecs
From http://www.gettyimages.com/
Charlie Cooke (5), George Best (11), Brian Bason (14)
Vancouver Whitecaps at Los Angeles Aztecs
John McGrane (18), Des Backos (6), Steve David (7), George Best (11), Charlie Cooke (5)
  NASL Soccer Los Angeles Aztecs 77 Home Back George Best Timbers Clyde Best  
Los Angeles Aztecs 1977 Road (NASL)
     

Rodney Marsh (10), George Best (11)
Los Angeles Aztecs at Tampa Bay Rowdies
Thanks http://mytampabayrowdies.blogspot.com/
George Best (11), Pele (10), Vito Dimitrijevic (3)
Los Angeles Aztecs at New York Cosmos		 NASL Soccer Los Angeles Aztecs 77 Road George Best



Terry Mancini (14), Bob McAlinden (8), George Best (11), Franz Beckenbauer (6)
Los Angeles Aztecs at New York Cosmos


George Best, Terry Fisher
Los Angeles Aztecs at Tampa Bay Rowdies
Los Angeles Aztecs 1977 Road Big Number Variation (NASL)
 
NASL Soccer Los Angeles Aztecs 77 Road George Best    
Los Angeles Aztecs 1978 Home (NASL)
     
 
From www.gettyimages.com

Aztecs 78 Home Suhnholz, Best, Cosmos
Terry Garbett (14), Wolfgang Suhnholz (10), Werner Roth (4), Erol Yasin (G), George Best (11)
New York Cosmos at Los Angeles Aztecs
Photo by Tim Considine
Steve David (7), George Best (11)
Los Angeles Aztecs 1978 Road (NASL)
     
   
Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 1978 Home (NASL)
     
 
Strikers 78 Road George Best (2)
Al Trost (12), George Best (3), Joe Clarke (20)
Ft. Lauderdale Strikers at California Surf
Strikers 78 Road George Best, Rowdies.jpg
George Best (3), Mirandinha (26)
Tampa Bay Rowdies at Ft. Lauderdale Strikers
Thanks Jan Reinertsen

In the series of photos, you can see the disintegration of George's jersey.  In the last picture, the Strikers logo has completely worn off
 Ian Turner (00), George Best (3)
Ft. Lauderdale Strikers at Houston Hurricane
Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 1978 Road (NASL)
     
NASL Soccer Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 78 Home George Best, Tea Men Dennis Wit,  
Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 1979 Home (NASL)
NASL Soccer Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 79 Road Jersey George Best NASL Soccer Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 79 Road Jersey George Best Back  

George Best (3), Arnie Mausser (1), Tony Whelan (6)
Ft. Lauderdale Strikers at New York Cosmos		 NASL Soccer Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 79 Road Back George Best 2 Strikers 79 Road Team
Thanks http://mytampabayrowdies.blogspot.com/

Teofilo Cubillas (2), George Best (3), Guy Newman (25), Gerd Mueller (15)
From http://www.soccernation.com		   NASL Soccer Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 79 Road George Best
Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 1979 Road (NASL)
   
NASL Soccer Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 79 Home Teofilo Cubillas, Best, Whittle  
Ken Fogarty (8), George Best (3), Terry Park (7)
From http://naslmemories.blogspot.com/
Hibernian 1979-81 (Scotland)

San Jose Earthquakes 1980 Home (NASL)

Photo by Gail Rongen
Thanks, Memphis Rogues Blog
Steve David (7), Peter Lechermann (22), George Best (11)
California Surf at San Jose Earthquakes
George Best (11), Johan Cruyff (14)
San Jose Earthquakes at San Jose Earthquakes
  George Best (11), Dave Huson (18), Bobby Thomson (2)
San Jose Earthquakes vs. Memphis Rogues
Thanks http://thememphisrogues.blogspot.com/
San Jose Earthquakes 1980 Road (NASL)
     
   
San Jose Earthquakes 1980-81 Indoor Home (NASL)
     
     

George Best (11), Alan Hudson (4), Jeff Stock (16)
San Jose Earthquakes at Seattle Sounders		  
San Jose Earthquakes 1980-81 Indoor Road (NASL)
     
     
San Jose Earthquakes 1981 Home (NASL)
NASL Soccer San Jose Earthquakes 80-81 Road Jersey George Best PW  
NASL Soccer San Jose Earthquakes 81 Road George Best (6) NASL Soccer San Jose Earthquakes 81 Road Team
San Jose Earthquakes 1981 Home No Adidas Logo (NASL)
     
NASL Soccer San Jose Earthquakes 81 Road George Best (3)    
San Jose Earthquakes 1981 Road (NASL)
NASL Soccer San Jose Earthquakes 81 Home Jersey George Best Back  NASL Soccer San Jose Earthquakes 81 Home Jersey George Best Back.jpg  
   
San Jose Earthquakes 1981-82 Home Mesh (NASL)
Quakes 80-81 Road George Best Sitting
This example of the mesh shirt is missing Adidas logo		   George Best can be seen wearing this style jersey in the interview before the 1981 Boomers at Earthquakes game.

San Jose Earthquakes 1981-82 Indoor Home (NASL)
   
Thanks Jan Reinertsen
     
San Jose Earthquakes 1981-82 Indoor Road (NASL)
     
     
Hong Kong Rangers 1982
     
   
Tobermore United 1984 (Northern Ireland)
     
   
Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 1988 (ASL)
     

George played as a guest player for the Strikers against the ASL All-Stars.
From www.newspapers.com
From www.newspapers.com
George Best (11), Marcelo Carrera (19), Teofilo Cubillas (10)
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