Kyle Rote, Jr.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kyle Rote Jr. | ||
| Date of birth | December 25, 1950 | ||
| Place of birth | Dallas, Texas, United States | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1969–1972 | Sewanee Tigers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1972–1978 | Dallas Tornado | 121 | (42) |
| 1979 | Houston Hurricane | 21 | (1) |
| National team | |||
| 1973–1975 | United States | 5 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1983–1984 | Memphis Americans | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Kyle Rote Jr. (born December 25, 1950) is a retired American soccer forward who played seven seasons in the North American Soccer League and earned five caps with the United States men's national soccer team between 1973 and 1975. He led the NASL in scoring in 1973. He later coached the Memphis Americans of the Major Indoor Soccer League. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame.
The son of Kyle Rote, an all-American college football player at Southern Methodist University who played in the National Football League for the New York Giants, Rote, Jr. graduated from Highland Park High School in Dallas, TX in 1968. He played for the Black Bandits in the Dallas youth soccer league while in high school. He attended Oklahoma State University, initially intending to concentrate on American football. He played soccer to stay in shape during the offseason, but after a broken leg ended his football career, he started playing it full-time. Rote transferred to the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee, then one of the few universities in the South with a varsity soccer program. While at Sewanee, Rote also competed in track and field.
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