SECURITIES & EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20449


                                    FORM 8-K


                             CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
                          TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)   June 26, 2001
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                         Duck Head Apparel Company, Inc.
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             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)


                                     Georgia
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                          (State of Other Jurisdiction
                                of Incorporation)

         1-15585                                           58-2510086
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(Commission File Number)                       (IRS Employer Identification No.)


1020 Barrow Industrial Parkway, Winder, Georgia                    30680
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  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                       (Zip Code)

                                 (770) 867-3111
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                         (Registrant's Telephone Number
                              Including Area Code)

                                 Not Applicable
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                         (Former Name or Former Address,
                          if Changed Since Last Report)










ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS.

         As of June 26,  2001,  Duck  Head  Apparel  Company,  Inc.,  a  Georgia
corporation (the "Company"),  Tropical  Sportswear Int'l Corporation,  a Florida
corporation ("Tropical"),  and HB Acquisition Corp., a Georgia corporation and a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Tropical ("Sub"),  entered into an Agreement and Plan
of Merger (the "Merger Agreement"), a copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit
2.1.  The Merger  Agreement  generally  provides,  among other  things,  for the
acquisition by Tropical and Sub of all the  outstanding  shares of the Company's
common  stock,  par value  $0.01 per share (the  "Shares"),  through  (1) a cash
tender  offer  (the  "Offer")  for all Shares at a price of $4.75 per share (the
"Per Share  Amount")  and (2) a  second-step  merger  pursuant to which Sub will
merge with and into the Company (the "Merger") and all outstanding Shares (other
than Shares held by dissenting shareholders) will be converted into the right to
receive the Per Share Amount in cash.

         On June 27, 2001, Tropical and the Company issued a joint press release
announcing  the  execution  of the  Merger  Agreement,  a copy of which is filed
herewith as Exhibit 99.1.

         This  Current  Report on Form 8-K is neither an offer to purchase nor a
solicitation  of an offer to sell  securities of the Company.  The Offer will be
made pursuant to a tender offer statement and related  materials.  Investors and
security  holders are strongly  advised to read both the tender offer  statement
and the  solicitation/recommendation  statement  regarding the tender offer when
they become  available  because they will  contain  important  information  that
should be read carefully  before any decision is made with respect to the Offer.
The tender offer statement will be filed by Tropical and Sub with the Securities
and  Exchange   Commission  (the  "SEC"),  and  a   solicitations/recommendation
statement  will be filed by the Company  with the SEC.  Investors  and  security
holders may obtain a free copy of these  statements  (when  available) and other
documents  filed by Tropical and the Company at the SEC's website,  www.sec.gov,
or upon request.

         The Offer is conditioned  upon: (1) there being validly tendered before
the expiration date of the Offer and not properly withdrawn,  a number of Shares
that, together with Shares beneficially owned by Tropical, represents at least a
majority  of the  Shares  outstanding  on a fully  diluted  basis at the time of
purchase,  (2) Tropical not terminating the Merger  Agreement  within 30 days of
the date of the Merger  Agreement  due to Tropical  not being  satisfied  in its
reasonable  discretion,  exercised  in good  faith,  with the results of its due
diligence  review of information  concerning  the Company and its business,  (3)
Duck Head  stockholders'  equity  being no less  than $21  million  (subject  to
certain permitted  adjustments) on the date of acceptance of Shares for payment,
(4) Duck Head's current Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, William
V. Roberti, entering into an employment agreement with Tropical, a subsidiary of
Tropical  or the  post-merger  Company,  on  terms  reasonably  satisfactory  to
Tropical,  (5)  the  receipt  of  customary  regulatory  approvals  and  (6) the
fulfillment of certain other conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement.

         The  Merger is subject to various  closing  conditions  including:  (1)
approval  by  the  Company's  shareholders  of  the  Merger  Agreement  and  the
transactions  contemplated  thereby  including  the Merger  (unless  Sub obtains

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sufficient Shares in the Offer to effect a "short-form"  merger), (2) receipt of
customary regulatory approvals and (3) certain other conditions set forth in the
Merger  Agreement.  The Merger  Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to
the  effective  time of the Merger:  (1) by either  party if the Offer shall not
have been consummated by November 1, 2001 for certain  reasons,  (2) by Tropical
within 30 days of the date of the Merger  Agreement if Tropical is not satisfied
in its reasonable  discretion,  exercised in good faith, with the results of its
due diligence review of information concerning the Company and its business, (3)
by either  Party if the Offer is  terminated  for any of the reasons  referenced
above  without  Sub  having  purchased  any  Shares  or  (4)  in  certain  other
circumstances set forth in the Merger Agreement.

         The Company's  board of directors  received an opinion from Kurt Salmon
Associates Capital Advisors, Inc., its financial advisor, that the consideration
under the  agreement  is fair from a  financial  point of view to the  Company's
shareholders  as of June  25,  2001.  The  members  of the  Company's  board  of
directors unanimously support the Merger Agreement.

         In connection with the Company's entry into the Merger Agreement,  each
member of the  Company's  board of  directors,  who  together  beneficially  own
approximately 40% of the Shares on a fully-diluted basis, entered into an Option
and Tender Agreement with Tropical pursuant to which such director,  among other
matters,  has agreed with Tropical to tender all of his Shares in the Offer, has
granted  Tropical  irrevocable  proxies to vote his Shares against any competing
proposals  and has  granted  Tropical  options to acquire  his Shares at the Per
Share Amount.

ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

2.1  Agreement  and  Plan of  Merger  dated as of June 26,  2001,  by and  among
     Tropical  Sportswear Int'l Corporation,  HB Acquisition Corp. and Duck Head
     Apparel  Company,  Inc.  (excluding  Annex II).  The  Registrant  agrees to
     furnish supplementally a copy of the omitted Annex II to the Securities and
     Exchange Commission upon request.

10.1 Form of Option and Tender Agreement dated as of June 26, 2001, by and among
     Tropical  Sportswear Int'l  Corporation,  HB Acquisition  Corp.,  Duck Head
     Apparel  Company,  Inc.  and each  current  director  of Duck Head  Apparel
     Company, Inc.

99.1 Joint  Press  Release of  Tropical  Sportswear  Int'l,  Inc.  and Duck Head
     Apparel Company, Inc., dated June 27, 2001.


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                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended,  the  registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                     DUCK HEAD APPAREL COMPANY, INC.


Date: June 29, 2001                  By:  /s/ K. Scott Grassmyer
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                                         K. Scott Grassmyer
                                         Senior Vice President
                                         & Chief Financial Officer

















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