Kyle Rote Jr.

The son of a New York Giants football star, Kyle Rote Jr. was the NASL's Rookie of the Year and leading scorer in 1973 with the Dallas Tornado. He became far better known for winning ABC's Superstars competition three times, in 1974, 1976 and 1977, beating the best-paid athletes in American sports on national television.

born Dec. 25, 1950 (age 75), Dallas, TX

games
147
starts
3
minutes
329
goals
43
assists
38

first recorded game May 5, 1973 · last recorded game Aug. 20, 1979

Career totals and dates are as recorded here.

Honors

Career totals by team

team gp gs min g a
Dallas Tornado 121 — — 42 34
Houston Hurricane 21 — — 1 4
United States 5 3 329 0 —

Career totals by competition

competition gp gs min g a
NASL 142 — — 43 38
NASLi 0 — — 0 0
IF 5 3 329 0 —

Goals by season

top flight 0 2 5 8 10 12 1973, top flight: 10 goals 10 1973 1974, top flight: 7 goals 7 1974 1975, top flight: 5 goals 5 1975 1976, top flight: 3 goals 3 1976 1977, top flight: 11 goals 11 1977 1978, top flight: 6 goals 6 1978 1979, top flight: 1 goal 1 1979

Season by season, clubs

team competition season gp g a
Dallas Tornado NASL 1973 18 10 10
Dallas Tornado NASL 1974 18 7 2
Dallas Tornado NASL 1975 21 5 6
Dallas Tornado NASL 1976 19 3 3
Dallas Tornado NASLi 1976 0 0 0
Dallas Tornado NASL 1977 24 11 6
Dallas Tornado NASL 1978 21 6 7
Houston Hurricane NASL 1979 21 1 4

Season by season, international

team competition season gp gs min g
United States IF 1973 3 2 224 0
United States IF 1974 1 1 90 0
United States IF 1975 1 — 15 0

Most recent games

cmp date team r score vs g a minutes venue
NASL Aug. 20, 1979 Houston Hurricane   1 - 2 Philadelphia Fury 0 — — Astrodome
NASL Aug. 14, 1979 Houston Hurricane   1 - 2 Philadelphia Fury 0 — — Veterans Stadium
NASL Aug. 11, 1979 Houston Hurricane   1 - 3 Dallas Tornado 0 — — Astrodome
NASL Aug. 8, 1979 Houston Hurricane   3 - 1 Tulsa Roughnecks 1 — — Astrodome
NASL Aug. 1, 1979 Houston Hurricane   2 - 0 Detroit Express 0 — — Silverdome
NASL July 25, 1979 Houston Hurricane   2 - 1 Atlanta Chiefs 0 — — Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
NASL July 21, 1979 Houston Hurricane   1 - 2 Detroit Express 0 — 90 Astrodome
NASL July 18, 1979 Houston Hurricane   2 - 1 San Jose Earthquakes 0 — 90 Spartan Stadium
NASL June 27, 1979 Houston Hurricane   2 - 3 Philadelphia Fury 0 — — Veterans Stadium
NASL June 24, 1979 Houston Hurricane   1 - 1 (SO) Atlanta Chiefs 0 — 90 Astrodome
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Most often alongside

Players who appeared in the most games alongside Kyle Rote Jr.
player together share
Ken Cooper 114 73%
George Ley 89 57%
Roy Turner 82 53%
Bobby Moffat 71 46%
Dick Hall 70 45%
Kevin Kewley 68 44%
Jim Ryan 66 42%
Steve Pecher 63 40%
Neil Cohen 62 40%
Bob Hope 53 34%
Mike Renshaw 43 28%
Ilija Mitic 42 27%

The 12 most frequent, of the 156 games Kyle Rote Jr. has an appearance on record for. Two players count as teammates in a game when both have an appearance in it for the same club, so this is drawn from lineups rather than from rosters — and it is only as complete as the lineups are. Whole leagues here recorded none.

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