Superstars competition kyle rote jr biography

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.

The younger Rote briefly played college football at Oklahoma State before he transferred to the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee, where he played soccer and track and field.

Kyle Rote Jr entered ABC's made-for-TV sports contest as America's best-known soccer player in a publicity-starved sport.

Kyle Rote Jr. A forward who was one of the leading Americans in the North American Soccer League.

Rote Jr. won the made-for-television Superstars competition in , , and Rote Jr. earned a total of $, from his three Superstars victories.

In his spare time, Kyle became one of only two people to win more than one of the popular, nationally televised Superstars competitions.

Kyle Rote, Jr., a Dallas native, became the first American born soccer player to win the NASL's (North American Soccer League) scoring title.

He originally played soccer to stay in shape during the off season, but became hooked on the game and started playing it full time. He joined the North American Soccer League's Dallas Tornado in 1973 and led the league in scoring his rookie year.

He also played for the Houston Hurricane in a pro career that ended in 1979. Rote became the player/coach of the Memphis Americans of the Major Indoor Soccer League in 1983-'84.

A Dallas native whose first love was tackle football (he is the son of year NFL veteran Kyle Rote), he was a late-comer to soccer.

Rote earned five caps playing for Team U.S.A. between 1973 and '75.

SUPERSTARS RECORD

EVENT	PLACE	POINTS	MONEY	EVENT WINS
1974 Preliminary 3	1	52	$15,200	Swimming, Baseball Hit, B