North American Soccer League Jerseys

San Diego Sockers

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San Diego Sockers 1978 Home
     
Sockers 78 Home Laszlo Harsanyi Sockers 78 Home Back John Nusum 2 Tea Men Kevin Keelan

Manufacturer: Puma  The Puma logo is on the left above the number.

Logo: Sewn on

Name on Back: Sewn On Patch

Numbers: Sewn On

Other: The Sockers jersey style is the basically the same for all seven years of their existence.  However, they had manufacturer modifications almost every year.  The Puma, Adidas and Le Coq changes make almost every year identifiable.

San Diego Sockers 1978 Road
     
Sockers 78 Road Jean Willrich Sockers 78 Road Back Jan Van Der Veen Sting Jimmy Kelly

Manufacturer: Puma

Logo: Sewn On

Name on Back: Sewn On Patch

Numbers: Sewn On

Other:

San Diego Sockers 1979 Home
     
Sockers 79 Home Harald Heck Sockers 79 Home Back Leonardo Cuellar

Manufacturer: Puma, Puma logo moves  to the right side above the "S" in "Sockers."

Logo: Sewn on.  "San Diego" added above the number on the left.

Name on Back: Sewn on patch

Numbers: Sewn On

Other: A polo style collar is added.  There is also a blue V added to the neck.

San Diego Sockers 1979 Road
     
Sockers 79 Road Veee, Willrich, Cuellar  

Manufacturer: Puma, Puma logo moves  to the right side above the "S" in "Sockers."

Logo: Sewn on.  "San Diego" added above the number on the left.

Name on Back: Sewn on patch

Numbers: Sewn On

Other: A polo style collar is added.  There is also a gold V added to the neck.

San Diego Sockers 1980 Home
     
Sockers 80 Home Ty Keough 2  

Manufacturer: Puma logo moves back to the left side above "San Diego"

Logo: Sewn on.  "San Diego" drops lower on the shirt. It is now aligned with the "C" in "Sockers."

Name on Back: Sewn On Patch

Numbers: Sewn On, The front numbers become significantly smaller.

Other:  The collar is a T-shirt style.

San Diego Sockers 1980 Home Alternate
     
San Diego Sockers 1980 Hugo Sanchez  

Manufacturer:

Logo:

Name on Back:

Numbers:

Other:  This is the only photo I have of this style.  The shoulder stripe is missing.  Also the Puma logo above the "San Diego" is missing.

San Diego Sockers 1980 Road
     
   

Manufacturer: Puma logo moves back to the left side above "San Diego"

Logo: Sewn on.  "San Diego" drops lower on the shirt. It is now aligned with the "C" in "Sockers."

Name on Back: Sewn On Patch

Numbers: Sewn On, The front numbers become significantly smaller.

Other:  The collar is a T-shirt style.

San Diego Sockers 1980-81 Indoor Home (NASL)
     
Sockers 80-81 Indoor Home Martin Donnelly  

Manufacturer: Unknown

Logo: Appears to Heat pressed

Name on Back: Unknown

Numbers: Appear to be Heat pressed

Other: This jersey has colored sleeves and collar.  The collar is T-shirt style.

San Diego Sockers 1981 Home
Sockers 81 Home Jersey Julie Veee Sockers 81 Home Jersey Julie Veee Back Sockers 81 Home Jersey Julie Veee Le Coq Tag
Sockers 81 Home Jean Willrich Sockers 81 Home  Back Mike Stojanovic, Nick Rohmann Surf

Manufacturer: Le Coq, Le Coq Logo is above the "S" in "Sockers"

Logo: Sewn on.   "San Diego moves back up to align with the "S" in "Sockers."

Name on Back: Sewn On

Numbers: Sewn On

Other: Polo style collar again.  Does not have the colored V-neck like '79.

San Diego Sockers 1981 Home Indoor Uniform
     
Sockers 81 Home Steven Nesin Indoor Unis  

Manufacturer: Unknown

Logo:

Name on Back:

Numbers: n

Other: The Sockers are wearing their 80-81 Indoor uniform in this outdoor game.

San Diego Sockers 1981 Road
Sockers 81 Road Jersey Ade Coker Sockers 81 Road Jersey Ade Coker Back  
San Diego Sockers 1981 Road Julie Veee   

Manufacturer: Puma, Puma logo moves back to the left side. 

Logo: Sewn on.  "San Diego" added above the number on the left.

Name on Back: Yes

Numbers: Sewn On, The front numbers become smaller and move below the "San Diego"

Other:

San Diego Sockers 1981 Practice
     
San Diego Sockers 81 Road Alter Eric Geyer, Jean Willrich, John Napier
Eric Geyer, John Napier, Jean Willrich
Geyer is wearing the 1981 road jersey.  Willrich is wearing the practice jersey.
Sockers 81 Practice Julie Veee
Gerry Ingram, Julie Veee, John Napier

Manufacturer: Le Coq

Logo:

Name on Back:

Numbers:

Other:  I'm only guessing that this is a practice jersey.  These are the only pictures I've seen.  I "borrowed" these from John Napier's website:  http://www.johnnapiersoccer.com/Photos.html

 

San Diego Sockers 1982-84 Home
Sockers 82+ Home Jersey Paulo Moura Sockers 82+ Home Jersey Paulo Moura Back Sockers 82+ Home Jersey Paulo Moura Adidas
Sockers 82 Home Jean Willrich Sockers 82 Home Back Lorenz Hilkes Sting Rudy Glenn

Manufacturer: Adidas, Adidas Logo above the "S" in Sockers.

Logo: Sewn on

Name on Back: Sewn On

Numbers: Sewn on

Other: Shoulder stripe is removed.  One stripe going around the shoulder and 3 Adidas stripes added at the bottom of the sleeve.

The Sockers wore their '81 jerseys in at least one '82 game.

San Diego Sockers 1982-84 Road
Sockers 82-84 Road Jersey Lorenz Hilkes  Sockers 82-84 Road Jersey Lorenz Hilkes Back   
Sockers 83 Road Kaz Deyna Vidal Fernandes  

Manufacturer: Adidas, Adidas Logo above the "S" in Sockers.

Logo: Sewn on

Name on Back: Sewn On

Numbers: Sewn on

Other: Shoulder stripe is removed.  One stripe going around the shoulder and 3 Adidas stripes added at the bottom of the sleeve.

San Diego Sockers 1983-84 Indoor Home (NASL)
     
   

Manufacturer:

Logo:

Name on Back:

Numbers:

Other:

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San Diego Sockers 1983-84 Indoor Road
     
Sockers 83-84 Indoor Road Paulo Maura  

Manufacturer: Adidas log on upper right.

Logo:

Name on Back:

Numbers:

Other: The Sockers appear to have worn their short-sleeved outdoor jerseys indoors.  They also wore this long-sleeved variation.