DUCK HEAD APPAREL CO INC
SC 13D, 2000-12-01
APPAREL, PIECE GOODS & NOTIONS
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                                  SCHEDULE 13D

                                 (Rule 13d-101)

  Information to be Included in Statements Filed Pursuant to Rule 13d-1(a) and
               Amendments Thereto Filed Pursuant to Rule 13d-2(a)

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

                    Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                                (Amendment No. )*


                         Duck Head Apparel Company, Inc.
                         -------------------------------
                                (Name of Issuer)


                                  Common Stock
                                  ------------
                         (Title of Class of Securities)



                                   26410P 10 3
                                   -----------
                                 (CUSIP Number)


      William V. Roberti, 1020 Barrow Industrial Parkway, Winder, GA 30680
                                 (770) 867-3111
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
       (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive
                          Notices and Communications)



                                October 21, 2000
                                ----------------
             (Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)


If the filing person has previously  filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report
the  acquisition  that is the subject of this  Schedule  13D, and is filing this
schedule because of Rule 13d-1(e), 13d-1(f) or 13d-1(g), check the following box
___.

Note:  Schedules  filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five
copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See Rule 13d-7 for other parties
to whom copies are to be sent.

*The  remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting  person's
initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and
for  any  subsequent   amendment   containing   information  which  would  alter
disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed
to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of
1934 ("Act") or otherwise  subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act
but  shall be  subject  to all other  provisions  of the Act  (however,  see the
Notes).




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                                  SCHEDULE 13D

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          CUSIP No.  26410P 10 3                                                          Page   2  of  5  Pages
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   1      NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
          I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSON (ENTITIES ONLY)

          William V. Roberti
--------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

   2      CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*                               (a) ____
          (See Instructions)                                                              (b) ____


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   3      SEC USE ONLY


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   4      SOURCE OF FUNDS*

          OO      See response to Item 3
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   5      CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e)
                                                                                            ____

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   6      CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

          US
---------------------------- ------- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

        NUMBER OF               7    SOLE VOTING POWER
         SHARES
      BENEFICIALLY                   250,000
        OWNED BY
          EACH
        REPORTING
         PERSON
          WITH
                             ------- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                8    SHARED VOTING POWER

                                     0
                             ------- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                9    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

                                     250,000
                             ------- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                               10    SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

                                     0
--------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  11      AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

          250,000
--------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

   12     CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*
                                                                                              ____
          (See Instructions)

--------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  13      PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

          9.4%
--------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  14      TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

          IN
--------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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ITEM 1.  SECURITY AND ISSUER
----------------------------

         a.       Title and class of equity securities:
                  -------------------------------------

                           Common Stock

         b.       Name and address of principal executive offices of Issuer:
                  ----------------------------------------------------------

                           Duck Head Apparel Company, Inc.
                           1020 Barrow Industrial Parkway
                           Winder, GA  39680

ITEM 2.  IDENTITY AND BACKGROUND
--------------------------------

         a.       Name of filing person:

                           William V. Roberti

         b.       Business Address:

                           1020 Barrow Industrial Parkway
                           Winder, GA  30680

         c.       Principal occupation:

                           President, Chief Operating Officer and Director
                           Duck Head Apparel Company, Inc.

         d.  During the last five years,  Mr.  Roberti  has not  been  convicted
in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors).

         e.  During the last five years,  Mr.  Roberti has not been a party to a
civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent  jurisdiction
resulting  in a final  judgment,  final decree or final order  enjoining  future
violations  of, or prohibiting  or mandating  activities  subject to, federal or
state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws.

         f.       Citizenship:

                           United States of America

ITEM 3.  SOURCE AND AMOUNT OF FUNDS OR OTHER CONSIDERATION
----------------------------------------------------------

         The Reporting  Person  currently  owns no shares of Common  Stock.  The
250,000  shares of Common  Stock shown as  beneficially  owned by the  Reporting
Person are the  maximum  number of shares of Common  Stock that may be issued by
the Issuer to the  Reporting  Person on December  30,  2000  pursuant to a stock
purchase right granted by the Issuer to Robert D. Rockey,  Jr., Chairman and CEO
of the Issuer.  This stock  purchase  right will be  exercisable on December 30,
2000.  If this stock  purchase  right is not  exercised on December 30, 2000, it
will  expire.  The exercise  price per share of the  purchase  right will be the
average  daily  closing stock price of Duck Head Apparel  Company,  Inc.  Common
Stock for the six (6) month period following the Duck Head Apparel Company, Inc.
distribution  on June 30,  2000 as  described  in the Form 10/A  filed  with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (File No. 1-15585).  The stock purchase right
granted to Mr.  Rockey grants him the right to acquire from the Issuer up to one
million shares of Common Stock. Mr. Rockey has agreed to transfer one quarter of
this stock  purchase  right to Mr.  Roberti as an inducement  to Mr.  Roberti to
enter into employment with the Issuer.


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ITEM 4.  PURPOSE OF TRANSACTION
-------------------------------

         Other than as described in this  Schedule,  Mr. Roberti has no plans or
proposals  independent from any plans or proposal currently  contemplated by the
Issuer's Board of Directors with respect to the following:

          a.   The  acquisition  by any person of  additional  securities of the
               Issuer, or the disposition of securities of the Issuer;
          b.   An  extraordinary  corporate  transaction,   such  as  a  merger,
               reorganization or liquidation, involving the Issuer or any of its
               subsidiaries;
          c.   A sale or transfer  of a material  amount of assets of the Issuer
               or any of its subsidiaries;
          d.   Any change in the present board of directors or management of the
               Issuer,  including any plans or proposals to change the number or
               term of directors or to fill any existing vacancies on the board;
          e.   Any  material  change in the present  capitalization  or dividend
               policy of the Issuer;
          f.   Any other material  change in the Issuer's  business or corporate
               structure;
          g.   Changes  in  the   Issuer's   charter,   bylaws  or   instruments
               corresponding  thereto  or other  actions  which may  impede  the
               acquisition of control of the Issuer by any person;
          h.   Causing a class of securities of the Issuer to be delisted from a
               national  securities  exchange or to cease to be authorized to be
               quoted  in  an  inter-dealer  quotation  system  of a  registered
               national securities association;
          i.   A class of equity  securities of the Issuer becoming eligible for
               termination of registration  pursuant to Section  12(g)(4) of the
               Act; or
          j.   Any action similar to any of these enumerated above.

         As previously  reported by the Issuer,  the Issuer's Board of Directors
intends to (1) retain a nationally-recognized investment banking firm to explore
all  strategic  alternatives  for the  Issuer  and  make a  recommendation  to a
newly-formed  special  committee of the Board,  (2) commence a share  repurchase
program  for up to $3 million of its  outstanding  shares,  the timing and other
details of which have yet to be determined, and (3) amend its shareholder rights
plan to provide that the rights will expire on March 31, 2001,  unless  redeemed
earlier by the Company.

ITEM 5.  INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER
---------------------------------------------

         a.       Aggregate number and percentage of class of securities
                  ------------------------------------------------------
                  beneficially owned by the filing person:
                  ----------------------------------------

                  Number of Shares                            Percentage

                        250,000                                  9.4%


         b.       Number of Shares as to which there is:
                  --------------------------------------

                  (i)      Sole power to vote or to direct the vote:
                           -----------------------------------------

                           250,000

                  (ii)     Shared power to vote or to direct the vote:
                           -------------------------------------------

                           0

                  (iii)    Sole power to dispose or direct the disposition:
                           ------------------------------------------------

                           250,000

                  (iv)     Shared power to dispose or direct the disposition:
                           --------------------------------------------------

                           0

                  (v)      Parties with whom stock powers are shared:
                           ------------------------------------------

                           None

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         e.       Statement regarding the date on which the reporting person
                  ----------------------------------------------------------
                  ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than five
                  ---------------------------------------------------
                  percent of the class of securities:
                  -----------------------------------

                  Not applicable.

ITEM 6.
-------

         Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings, or Relationships with Respect
         ----------------------------------------------------------------------
         to Securities of Issuer:
         ------------------------

         The  information  set forth in Item 3 above is  incorporated  herein by
reference.

ITEM 7.
-------

         Material to be Filed as Exhibits:

     1.  Letter dated March 15 1999,  from Delta  Woodside  Industries,  Inc. to
Robert D.  Rockey,  Jr.:  Incorporated  by  reference  to Exhibit  10.3.1 to the
Issuer's Form 10/A (File No. 1-15585).

     2.  Letter dated October 19, 1999, from Delta Woodside Industries,  Inc. to
Robert D.  Rockey,  Jr.:  Incorporated  by  reference  to Exhibit  10.3.2 to the
Issuer's Form 10/A.

     3.  Letter dated as of March 15, 2000, from Delta Woodside Industries, Inc.
to Robert D. Rockey,  Jr.  (amended and restated):  Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.3.3 of the Issuer's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 1, 2000.

SIGNATURE

         After reasonable  inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I
certify that the information  set forth in this statement is true,  complete and
correct.


Date:     December 1, 2000


                                             /s/   William V. Roberti
                                             --------------------------------
                                                   William V. Roberti



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