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           AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON APRIL 30, 1997.
                                                     REGISTRATION NO. 333-_______.
                                                                                  
  ================================================================================
  
                         SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               Washington, D.C. 20549
                                                    
                                --------------------
  
                                      FORM S-8
                               REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                        UNDER
                             THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  
                      -----------------------------------------
  
                                  SPORT-HALEY, INC.
               (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     
                    COLORADO                              84-1111669
         (State or other jurisdiction        (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
         of incorporation or organization)
  
                                 4600 E. 48TH AVENUE
                               DENVER, COLORADO 80216
                             TELEPHONE:  (303) 320-8800
      (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
                    of registrant's principal executive offices)
  
                                  SPORT-HALEY, INC.
                                AMENDED AND RESTATED
                               1993 STOCK OPTION PLAN
                              (Full title of the plan)
  
                                 ROBERT G. TOMLINSON
                                 4600 E. 48TH AVENUE
                               DENVER, COLORADO 80216
                             TELEPHONE:  (303) 320-8800
   (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
                                of agent for service)
  
                                      COPY TO:
                               ROBERT W. WALTER, ESQ.
                       BERLINER ZISSER WALTER & GALLEGOS, P.C.
                                     SUITE 4700
                                 1700 LINCOLN STREET
                               DENVER, COLORADO 80203
                             TELEPHONE:  (303) 830-1700
  
                      -----------------------------------------
  
                          CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
  
  <TABLE>
  <CAPTION>
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                             AMOUNT     PROPOSED MAXIMUM    PROPOSED MAXIMUM          
     TITLE OF SECURITIES     TO BE       OFFERING PRICE        AGGREGATE           AMOUNT OF
      TO BE REGISTERED     REGISTERED     PER SHARE(1)    OFFERING PRICE(1)    REGISTRATION FEE    
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   <S>                       <C>            <C>               <C>                  <C>
   Common Stock(2) . . . .   250,000        $17.07            $4,267,500           $1,293.18
  ==============================================================================================
  </TABLE>
  
  (1)    Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
         pursuant to Rule 457(c).  Represents the average of the high and low
         prices for the Common Stock as quoted on Nasdaq National Market(R) on
         April 28, 1997.
  (2)    Pursuant to Rule 416, includes such indeterminate number of additional
         shares of Common Stock as may be required to be issued pursuant to the
         anti-dilution provisions of the Stock Option Plan in the event of a
         stock split, stock dividend or similar event.
  
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  <PAGE>   2
  
  STATEMENT REQUIRED BY INSTRUCTION E OF THE GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS TO FORM S-8
  
  The contents of the Form S-8 Registration Statement, SEC File No. 33-88948, are
  incorporated herein by reference.  This Form S-8 Registration Statement is
  being filed to register 250,000 additional shares of Common Stock issuable
  under the Sport-Haley, Inc. Amended and Restated 1993 Stock Option Plan, which
  is the same employee benefit plan for which the Form S-8 Registration
  Statement, SEC File No. 33-88948 registering 950,000 shares of Common Stock is
  effective.  In accordance with Instruction E, this registration statement
  consists only of the following:  the facing page, the foregoing statement, the
  legal opinion and consents identified in Item 8 below, and the signature page.
  There is no information required in this Registration Statement that is not in
  the earlier Registration Statement.
  
  ITEM 8.       EXHIBITS
  
         5.1    Opinion of Berliner Zisser Walter & Gallegos, P.C., regarding
                legality of the securities covered by this Registration Statement
                is filed herewith.
  
         23.1   Consent of Berliner Zisser Walter & Gallegos, P.C. is contained
                in their opinion regarding legality, filed herewith.
  
         23.2   Consent of Levine, Hughes & Mithuen, Inc., independent certified
                public accountants for the Company, is filed herewith.
  
  
  
  
  
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                                     SIGNATURES
  
         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
  registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
  all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
  registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
  duly authorized, in the City of Denver, State of Colorado, on April 29, 1997.
  
  
                                                    SPORT-HALEY, INC.
  
  
  
                                                    By:  /s/ ROBERT G. TOMLINSON  
                                                       ---------------------------
                                                          Robert G. Tomlinson,
                                                         Chairman of the Board
  
         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
  registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
  capacities and on the dates indicated.
  
  Name                                  Title                          Date
  ----                                  -----                          ----
  
   /s/ ROBERT G. TOMLINSON     Chairman of the Board and            April 29, 1997
  --------------------------   Chief Executive Officer                          
  Robert G. Tomlinson          (Principal Executive Officer)
                                      
  
   /s/ ROBERT W. HALEY         President and Director               April 29, 1997
  --------------------------                                                 
  Robert W. Haley
  
  
   /s/ STEVE S. AUGER          Treasurer (Principal Financial
  --------------------------   and Accounting Officer)              April 29, 1997
  Steve S. Auger                                                  
  
  
   /s/ MARK J. STEVENSON       Director                             April 29, 1997
  --------------------------                                 
  Mark J. Stevenson
  
  
   /s/ RONALD J. NORICK        Director                             April 29, 1997
  --------------------------                                                      
  Ronald J. Norick                                                                
                                                                                  
                                                                                  
   /s/ JAMES H. EVEREST        Director                             April 29, 1997
  --------------------------                                  
  James H. Everest
  
  
  
  
  
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                                 INDEX TO EXHIBITS
  
  
  <TABLE>
  <CAPTION>
  EXHIBIT NO.
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    <S>        <C>
    5.1        Opinion of Berliner Zisser Walter & Gallegos, P.C., regarding   
               legality of the securities covered by this Registration         
               Statement.                                                      
                                                                               
    23.1       Consent of Berliner Zisser Walter & Gallegos, P.C. is contained 
               in their opinion regarding legality, filed herewith as Exhibit  
               5.1.                                                            
                                                                               
    23.2       Consent of Levine, Hughes & Mithuen, Inc., independent certified
               public accountants for the Company.                             
  </TABLE>
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           AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON APRIL 30, 1997.
                                                     REGISTRATION NO. 333-_______.
                                                                                  
  ================================================================================
  
                         SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               Washington, D.C. 20549
                                                    
                                --------------------
  
                                      FORM S-8
                               REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                        UNDER
                             THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  
                      -----------------------------------------
  
                                  SPORT-HALEY, INC.
               (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     
                    COLORADO                              84-1111669
         (State or other jurisdiction        (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
         of incorporation or organization)
  
                                 4600 E. 48TH AVENUE
                               DENVER, COLORADO 80216
                             TELEPHONE:  (303) 320-8800
      (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
                    of registrant's principal executive offices)
  
                                  SPORT-HALEY, INC.
                                AMENDED AND RESTATED
                               1993 STOCK OPTION PLAN
                              (Full title of the plan)
  
                                 ROBERT G. TOMLINSON
                                 4600 E. 48TH AVENUE
                               DENVER, COLORADO 80216
                             TELEPHONE:  (303) 320-8800
   (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
                                of agent for service)
  
                                      COPY TO:
                               ROBERT W. WALTER, ESQ.
                       BERLINER ZISSER WALTER & GALLEGOS, P.C.
                                     SUITE 4700
                                 1700 LINCOLN STREET
                               DENVER, COLORADO 80203
                             TELEPHONE:  (303) 830-1700
  
                      -----------------------------------------
  
                          CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
  ==============================================================================================
                             AMOUNT     PROPOSED MAXIMUM    PROPOSED MAXIMUM          
     TITLE OF SECURITIES     TO BE       OFFERING PRICE        AGGREGATE           AMOUNT OF
      TO BE REGISTERED     REGISTERED     PER SHARE(1)    OFFERING PRICE(1)    REGISTRATION FEE    
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Common Stock(2) . . . .   250,000        $17.07            $4,267,500           $1,293.18
  ==============================================================================================
  (1)    Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
         pursuant to Rule 457(c).  Represents the average of the high and low
         prices for the Common Stock as quoted on Nasdaq National Market(R) on
         April 28, 1997.
  (2)    Pursuant to Rule 416, includes such indeterminate number of additional
         shares of Common Stock as may be required to be issued pursuant to the
         anti-dilution provisions of the Stock Option Plan in the event of a
         stock split, stock dividend or similar event.
  
  ================================================================================
  2
  
  STATEMENT REQUIRED BY INSTRUCTION E OF THE GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS TO FORM S-8
  
  The contents of the Form S-8 Registration Statement, SEC File No. 33-88948, are
  incorporated herein by reference.  This Form S-8 Registration Statement is
  being filed to register 250,000 additional shares of Common Stock issuable
  under the Sport-Haley, Inc. Amended and Restated 1993 Stock Option Plan, which
  is the same employee benefit plan for which the Form S-8 Registration
  Statement, SEC File No. 33-88948 registering 950,000 shares of Common Stock is
  effective.  In accordance with Instruction E, this registration statement
  consists only of the following:  the facing page, the foregoing statement, the
  legal opinion and consents identified in Item 8 below, and the signature page.
  There is no information required in this Registration Statement that is not in
  the earlier Registration Statement.
  
  ITEM 8.       EXHIBITS
  
         5.1    Opinion of Berliner Zisser Walter & Gallegos, P.C., regarding
                legality of the securities covered by this Registration Statement
                is filed herewith.
  
         23.1   Consent of Berliner Zisser Walter & Gallegos, P.C. is contained
                in their opinion regarding legality, filed herewith.
  
         23.2   Consent of Levine, Hughes & Mithuen, Inc., independent certified
                public accountants for the Company, is filed herewith.
  
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  3
                                     SIGNATURES
  
         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
  registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
  all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
  registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
  duly authorized, in the City of Denver, State of Colorado, on April 29, 1997.
  
                                                    SPORT-HALEY, INC.
  
                                                    By:  /s/ ROBERT G. TOMLINSON  
                                                       ---------------------------
                                                          Robert G. Tomlinson,
                                                         Chairman of the Board
  
         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
  registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
  capacities and on the dates indicated.
  
  Name                                  Title                          Date
  ----                                  -----                          ----
  
   /s/ ROBERT G. TOMLINSON     Chairman of the Board and            April 29, 1997
  --------------------------   Chief Executive Officer                          
  Robert G. Tomlinson          (Principal Executive Officer)
                                      
  
   /s/ ROBERT W. HALEY         President and Director               April 29, 1997
  --------------------------                                                 
  Robert W. Haley
  
   /s/ STEVE S. AUGER          Treasurer (Principal Financial
  --------------------------   and Accounting Officer)              April 29, 1997
  Steve S. Auger                                                  
  
   /s/ MARK J. STEVENSON       Director                             April 29, 1997
  --------------------------                                 
  Mark J. Stevenson
  
   /s/ RONALD J. NORICK        Director                             April 29, 1997
  --------------------------                                                      
  Ronald J. Norick                                                                
                                                                                  
                                                                                  
   /s/ JAMES H. EVEREST        Director                             April 29, 1997
  --------------------------                                  
  James H. Everest
  
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                                 INDEX TO EXHIBITS
  EXHIBIT NO.
  ----------
  5.1        Opinion of Berliner Zisser Walter & Gallegos, P.C., regarding   
               legality of the securities covered by this Registration         
               Statement.                                                      
                                                                               
    23.1       Consent of Berliner Zisser Walter & Gallegos, P.C. is contained 
               in their opinion regarding legality, filed herewith as Exhibit  
               5.1.                                                            
                                                                               
    23.2       Consent of Levine, Hughes & Mithuen, Inc., independent certified
               public accountants for the Company.