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Texas Sports Streetwear — Vintage Tees, Jerseys & Hats for Every Corner of the Lone Star State

126 pieces of Texas sports streetwear. Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth, San Antonio, Beaumont & beyond. Free name & number on most jerseys. Sizes S–5XL.

Texas sports gear doesn't have to mean a current team's jersey off the rack at the mall. Royal Retros carries 126 active pieces of Texas throwback apparel — jerseys, T-shirts, hoodies, hats, jackets, shorts, a polo and a tumbler — built for wearing around town, not just game day. Prices run $24.99 for a beanie or youth tee to $249.99 for a premium satin jacket; most throwback jerseys sit between $84.99 and $119.99, and T-shirts start at $29.99. Free name & number customization comes standard on most jerseys, with sizing from S through 5XL. The catalog spans six sports and nine Texas cities and metros — Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth, San Antonio, Beaumont, Austin, Waco, El Paso, Lubbock and Corpus Christi — pulling from teams most people don't even know their city once had. Whether you want a design that just says Texas or a specific city's forgotten team, it's all in one catalog.

Shop by Design and Aesthetic

Texas throwback apparel isn't just old team names on a shirt — the catalog leans into regional identity as a design language. Houston's UFL Roughnecks apparel runs oil-industry iconography straight into the graphics, from the Protect The Rig jersey to standalone Oil Derrick and Oil Rush designs that lean on the city's roughneck identity more than any single season or roster. San Antonio's Brahmas gear centers on bull-horn branding with the Horns Forward jersey, while Arlington's Renegades lean into speed with the Full Throttle jersey. Across the current UFL rosters — Roughnecks, Brahmas and Renegades — the DynastyDry performance tee line covers all three teams in the same moisture-wicking cut, so you can match a city without matching a season. For a design that isn't tied to one franchise at all, the Lone Star Jersey, Texas Baseball Jersey and Houston Basketball Jersey are original Royal Retros pieces built around Texas and city pride rather than a specific defunct team — good picks if you want the state on your chest without picking a side in a league that folded decades ago. And for era-specific texture, the Houston Colt .45's Wordmark hat pulls its graphic straight from the franchise's original 1962 branding.

Shop by City

Texas is too big for one storyline. Here's the active inventory by metro, deepest first.

Houston (47 pieces) — the deepest city on this page, from Colt .45's baseball and WHA Aeros hockey to the current UFL Roughnecks. Shop Houston.

San Antonio (25 pieces) — the widest league spread of any Texas city, from the current UFL Brahmas back through the USFL, WLAF, WFL and CFL. Shop San Antonio.

Dallas-Fort Worth (23 pieces) — the current UFL Renegades, ABA-era basketball, Arena Football and a 1960s AFL charter franchise. Shop Dallas-Fort Worth.

Beaumont (20 pieces) — Royal Retros' own officially licensed AF1 team for the Gulf Coast, and the single deepest team lineup in the whole catalog. Shop Beaumont Renegades.

Austin, Waco, El Paso, Lubbock & Corpus Christi (10 pieces combined) — minor-league hockey, baseball and af2 football from Texas's smaller markets. Shop hockey jerseys, baseball jerseys or AF2.

Discover the Local Teams

Every team and brand in this catalog, organized by city. Currently active franchises are officially licensed; everything else is a heritage tribute piece for a team that no longer takes the field. Full histories live on each team's own collection page — these are just enough to get you started.

Houston

Houston Colt .45's — Houston's original big-league baseball identity, worn for three seasons from 1962 to 1964 before the franchise was renamed and moved into the newly built Astrodome in 1965. The largest single lineup in this catalog outside Beaumont, and still the single most recognizable throwback in Houston sports — full story below. Shop Houston Colt .45's.

Houston Aeros — the WHA franchise that won back-to-back Avco World Trophies in 1974 and 1975 with Gordie Howe playing alongside sons Mark and Marty, still one of the most famous rosters in Texas hockey history — full story below. Shop Houston Aeros.

Houston Roughnecks — the current officially licensed UFL franchise, playing today under the merged USFL/XFL banner. Jerseys, tees, a hat. Shop Houston Roughnecks.

Houston Gamblers — the 1984–85 officially licensed USFL team that ran a young Jim Kelly behind Mouse Davis's run-and-shoot offense. Tackle-twill jerseys, a hoodie, a hat, tees. Shop Houston Gamblers.

Houston Arena Football — Houston's Arena Football League tenants of the 1990s and 2000s. A tackle-twill jersey and tees. Shop Arena Football League.

Houston Buffaloes — Houston's Texas League minor-league baseball club for most of the 20th century, long before the city had a major-league team. A custom jersey and tee. Shop Houston.

Houston Comets — the WNBA franchise that won the league's first four championships before folding in 2008. A throwback tee. Shop Houston.

Houston Hurricane — Houston's 1978–80 NASL soccer club, part of the original league's brief national boom. A throwback tee. Shop NASL.

Houston WFL — the 1974 World Football League franchise that relocated mid-season to Shreveport, Louisiana. Custom jerseys and a tee. Shop World Football League.

Houston's original pro football — before the modern expansion era, Houston's AFL/NFL-era team played at Jeppesen Stadium and later the Astrodome. Custom jerseys named for those venues. Shop legacy football.

Dallas-Fort Worth

Arlington & Dallas Renegades — the current officially licensed UFL franchise, which began as the 2020 XFL's Dallas Renegades before rebranding as Arlington. Jerseys, tees, hats, a jacket. Shop UFL.

Dallas Chaparrals — the ABA franchise that played in Dallas from 1967 to 1973 before relocating to San Antonio. A custom jersey and tee. Shop Dallas Chaparrals.

Dallas Arena Football — two separate Dallas Arena Football League tenants over the years. Throwback tees. Shop Arena Football League.

Dallas Rockets — a Continental Football League minor-league club from the mid-1960s. A custom jersey. Shop minor-league football.

Dallas Stallions — Roller Hockey International's Dallas franchise from that sport's 1990s inline-skating boom. A throwback tee. Shop Roller Hockey International.

Dallas AFL — the 1960–63 AFL charter franchise that won the 1962 AFL Championship before relocating for the 1963 season. A custom jersey, tee and hoodie. Shop Dallas AFL football.

Fort Worth Arena Football — Fort Worth's own Arena Football League tenant. A throwback tee. Shop Arena Football League.

Fort Worth Black Panthers — a Negro Leagues baseball power, also known as the Wonders, among the strongest clubs from the Texas-Louisiana Negro circuits. A custom jersey and tee. Shop Negro Leagues Baseball.

San Antonio

San Antonio Brahmas — the current officially licensed UFL franchise, playing today under the merged USFL/XFL banner. Jerseys, tees, a hoodie, a helmet tee. Shop San Antonio Brahmas.

San Antonio AAF — San Antonio's 2019 Alliance of American Football entry, one of just eight teams before the league folded after a single season. A custom jersey and tee. Shop San Antonio.

San Antonio Dragons — an IHL hockey franchise that gave the city top-level minor-league hockey. A custom jersey. Shop San Antonio.

San Antonio Arena Football — San Antonio's Arena Football League tenant of the indoor-football boom years. A throwback tee. Shop Arena Football League.

San Antonio Gunslingers — the notoriously undercapitalized 1984–85 officially licensed USFL team, the only USFL franchise ever formally revoked by the league. A tackle-twill jersey, a hoodie, a hat, a tee. Shop San Antonio Gunslingers.

San Antonio Riders — a 1991–92 WLAF franchise, a direct forerunner of NFL Europe. A custom jersey, a hat, a tee. Shop San Antonio Riders.

San Antonio CFL — part of the Canadian Football League's brief 1995 US expansion. A mini helmet, a custom jersey, a tee. Shop San Antonio CFL football.

San Antonio Toros — a Continental Football League minor-league club from the mid-to-late 1960s. A throwback tee. Shop minor-league football.

San Antonio Wings — a 1975 World Football League franchise that arrived just as the WFL was collapsing. A mini helmet, a custom jersey, a tee. Shop San Antonio Wings.

San Antonio ABA — a design celebrating San Antonio's ABA-era basketball roots. A custom jersey. Shop ABA.

Beaumont

Beaumont Renegades — Royal Retros' own officially licensed AF1 team for the Gulf Coast, and the deepest single-team lineup in this collection: replica and custom jerseys, on-field performance gear, satin and track jackets, hoodies, a performance polo, hats, a tumbler, a football and more. Shop Beaumont Renegades.

Austin, Waco, El Paso, Lubbock & Corpus Christi

Austin Ice Bats — a Central Hockey League franchise with one of Texas's most loyal minor-league hockey followings. A custom jersey and tee. Shop hockey jerseys.

Austin Arena Football — Austin's Arena Football League tenant. A throwback tee. Shop Arena Football League.

Waco Wizards — a WPHL minor-league hockey club from the league's 1990s Texas expansion. A custom jersey and tee. Shop hockey jerseys.

El Paso Sun Kings — a minor-league baseball club representing far West Texas. A custom jersey. Shop baseball jerseys.

El Paso Buzzards — a WPHL minor-league hockey club, the same Texas hockey boom that produced the Ice Bats and Wizards. A throwback tee. Shop hockey jerseys.

Lubbock Cotton Kings — a Central Hockey League/WPHL franchise that brought pro hockey to the South Plains. A custom jersey and tee. Shop hockey jerseys.

Corpus Christi af2 — an af2 developmental Arena Football club on the Gulf Coast. A throwback tee. Shop AF2.

Statewide

Texas af2 — an af2 club based near Houston. A throwback tee. Shop AF2.

Texas Black Spiders — a Negro Leagues barnstorming club that carried the Texas name across the circuit. A custom jersey. Shop Negro Leagues Baseball.

Texas Outlaws — officially licensed roller derby, part of the sport's modern nationwide revival. A custom jersey. Shop roller derby.

Wear It Off Game Day

None of this only works on a Saturday. Throwback tees and hoodies wear like any other streetwear staple — pair a Colt .45's tee with jeans and boots, or a Roughnecks DynastyDry tee under a flannel for fall. Satin jackets and track jackets from the Beaumont and current UFL lines run as outerwear on their own, no game required. Snapbacks and unstructured hats work with flannel and hoodie builds the same way any other cap does — this isn't costume gear, it's regional identity you can put on any day of the week. Mix eras if you want: a vintage Colt .45's or Aeros piece next to a current Roughnecks or Brahmas item reads as Texas pride first, team loyalty second. That's the whole point of shopping a state instead of one franchise — you get to pick the era and the colorway that fits your closet, not just the one team still playing.

Sizes & Customization

Throwback jerseys, T-shirts and hoodies run true to size from S through 5XL, with a size chart on every product page. Free name & number customization is available on most jerseys — add any name and number at no extra charge, or order a blank throwback. Custom jerseys are made to order and final sale. Satin jackets run a narrower S through 3XL range. Snapback hats are one-size-fits-most; flex and unstructured hats run in two sizes. Mini helmets ship in a single adult display size and aren't wearable equipment. Mini helmets on this page come only from CFL, AF1 and WFL teams — no USFL or XFL mini helmets are sold here.

Materials vary by product — tackle-twill, mesh, flannel and cotton/poly-blend styles are all represented, and hoodies and jackets add fleece and satin builds. Check each product page for exact fabric and construction before you order.

Why Royal Retros

  • The deepest Texas throwback catalog anywhere — 126 active pieces across nine cities and six sports.
  • The official store of Arena Football One. Royal Retros is AF1's official store, and every AF1 team is licensed — league-branded and team-branded product alike. This is the real thing, not a workaround.
  • Officially licensed USFL, XFL, UFL and roller derby product alongside heritage tribute pieces for every unlicensed league in this catalog.
  • Free name & number customization on most jerseys.
  • Inclusive sizing, S through 5XL on jerseys, tees and hoodies.
  • Nine cities in one catalog — Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth, San Antonio, Beaumont, Austin, Waco, El Paso, Lubbock and Corpus Christi.

Buying FAQ

How does Texas throwback apparel fit?

True to size on jerseys, T-shirts and hoodies, with a size chart on every product page. Satin jackets run a narrower S–3XL range. If you're between sizes, most customers size up for a looser throwback fit.

Can I customize the name and number?

Yes — free on most jerseys. Add any name and number at checkout, or order a blank version of the same jersey.

Are these officially licensed?

It depends on the team. AF1, USFL, XFL, UFL and roller derby product on this page is officially licensed. Everything else — including all baseball, hockey, basketball, soccer, WFL, WLAF, CFL, af2 and Arena Football League pieces — is an unlicensed heritage tribute reproduction, not endorsed by or affiliated with any league, team or rights holder.

What's the difference between replica and custom jerseys?

Replica jerseys are pre-made in stock sizes. Custom jerseys are made to order with your choice of name and number, take longer to ship, and are final sale.

What are shipping and returns like?

Standard US shipping on all orders. Stock items follow our standard returns policy; made-to-order custom jerseys are final sale. Full details are on our returns page.

Which Texas teams are still active today?

Three brands in this catalog represent teams playing right now: the Arlington/Dallas Renegades and San Antonio Brahmas in the UFL, the Houston Roughnecks in the UFL, and the Beaumont Renegades in AF1. Every other team on this page is a defunct or historic franchise.

Why Texas Has So Many Lost Pro Teams

Texas has never lacked for professional sports ambition — the state just hasn't always had the market discipline to match it. Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth and San Antonio have spent six decades absorbing, and losing, leagues at a pace few other states can match: an AFL charter franchise, a WHA hockey dynasty, two separate USFL teams, a doomed World Football League experiment, Negro Leagues baseball, Arena Football and more. Here's the short version of why, and the deeper story behind the two teams every Texan has actually heard of.

Why has Texas lost so many pro sports franchises?

Because Texas's biggest cities kept attracting new leagues faster than any of them could prove they'd last. Houston, Dallas and San Antonio are large enough markets that every startup league of the last sixty years — the AFL, WFL, USFL, WLAF, CFL's US expansion, AAF, af2, Roller Hockey International — planted a franchise there, but most of those leagues themselves folded within a handful of seasons, taking the local team down with them regardless of how it performed on the field. It's less a story about any one city failing and more a story about how many leagues have tried and failed to break into pro football and hockey outside their established circuits.

What happened to the Houston Colt .45's?

The Houston Colt .45's were Houston's original big-league baseball identity — worn for exactly three seasons, from 1962 to 1964, before the franchise was renamed for the 1965 season and moved out of the sun into the newly built Astrodome, the world's first domed sports stadium. The short lifespan is exactly what makes the identity so collectible: unlike the team that replaced it, the Colt .45's name and cartoon-pistol logo only ever existed for three years, tied permanently to the outdoor ballpark years before the Astrodome changed how the sport was played in Houston for good. It remains the single most recognizable piece of vintage Houston baseball history, and the largest single team lineup in this catalog outside Beaumont.

Why did the Houston Aeros fold instead of joining the NHL?

The Houston Aeros folded in 1978 because the NHL, negotiating a merger with the struggling WHA, chose to admit only one American Sun Belt team — and it wasn't Houston. The Aeros were arguably the stronger franchise on paper: they won back-to-back Avco World Trophies in 1974 and 1975, with Gordie Howe coming out of retirement to play alongside sons Mark and Marty in the first father-son trio in pro hockey history. But NHL owners were wary of a second Sun Belt club, and when merger talks and a last-ditch relocation plan both fell through, owner Kenneth Schnitzer folded the team in July 1978 — making the Aeros the only WHA champion that never played in the NHL.

Why does San Antonio have such a scattered football history?

San Antonio has fielded a pro football team from nearly every startup league that's tried to break into the sport since the 1960s — the Continental Football League, the USFL, the WLAF, the CFL's brief US expansion, the World Football League and the AAF — without ever landing a franchise that outlasted its own league. Each of those leagues collapsed on a different timeline and for different reasons, but the pattern is the same: San Antonio was always a market worth trying, and always a market that got left holding the merchandise when the league folded around it. The current UFL Brahmas are the first San Antonio football franchise in decades playing inside a league built to last past a handful of seasons.

Extended FAQ

Who played quarterback for the Houston Gamblers?

Jim Kelly quarterbacked the Houston Gamblers in the USFL before going on to a Hall of Fame NFL career. The Gamblers' run-and-shoot offense, installed by coach Mouse Davis, made them one of the most explosive scoring teams in the USFL's short history.

Is the current San Antonio Brahmas the same team as the Gunslingers?

No. The San Antonio Brahmas are the market's current UFL franchise, playing today. The Gunslingers were a completely separate USFL franchise from 1984–85, four decades earlier, with no ownership or roster connection between the two.

What is af2, and how is it different from AF1?

af2 was a developmental Arena Football League circuit that operated as a feeder league from 2000 to 2009, giving smaller markets like Corpus Christi and the Houston area a lower-cost entry point into indoor football. It has no ownership or league connection to AF1, the modern Arena Football One league Royal Retros is the official store of — af2 folded more than a decade before AF1 existed.

Why do so many of these Texas teams share the same nicknames?

Texas cities have reused a small pool of popular nicknames — Texans, Renegades, Rockets, Wings — across completely different leagues and decades, mostly because each new league launch treated the local market as a blank slate. That's why this catalog is organized by city and by league first: the same name can point to two or three unrelated franchises separated by twenty or thirty years.

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Shop Texas streetwear and vintage sports apparel — Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth, San Antonio, Beaumont & beyond. Free name & number on most jerseys. Sizes S–5XL.