Robert Hosie Explained

Robert Hosie
Birth Place:Scotland
Position:Inside Forward
Years2:1908–1915
Years3:1913–1914
Years4:1914–1915
Years5:1920–1921
Years6:1921–1922
Years7:1922–1923
Years8:1923–1924
Years9:1924–1926
Years10:1926
Clubs4:Clydebank (loan)
Clubs10:New York Giants
Caps2:96
Caps3:18
Caps4:19
Caps5:6
Caps6:12
Caps7:1
Caps8:10
Caps9:38
Caps10:6
Goals2:21
Goals3:6
Goals4:2
Goals5:4
Goals6:1
Goals7:0
Goals8:2
Goals9:5
Goals10:0

Robert Hosie was a Scottish soccer inside forward who began his career in Scotland[1] before moving to the United States. In the U.S., he played one season in the National Association Football League and five in the American Soccer League.

In October 1920, Hosie joined Brooklyn Robins Dry Dock of the National Association Football League (NAFBL).[2] On 19 April 1921, Robins defeated St. Louis Scullin Steel F.C. in the National Challenge Cup. Hosie scored one of the four Robins goals in the 4–2 victory. That summer, several teams from the NAFBL joined with teams from the Southern New England Soccer League to form the American Soccer League (ASL). This move brought the merger Robins Dry Dock and Tebo Yacht Basin F.C., both sponsored by subsidiary companies of Todd Shipyards into a larger Todd Shipyards. Hosie moved from Robins to Todd Shipyards for the inaugural ASL season. By then the American Soccer League had replaced the NAFBL. Hosie did not become a regular until he signed with the Brooklyn Wanderers in 1924. That season, he played in thirty games, but the next season he only appeared in eight.[3]

Notes and References

  1. A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players. John Litster. Scottish Football Historian magazine. October 2012.
  2. http://bethlehemsteelsoccer.org/gl101420.html A Swing Along Athletic Row
  3. http://soccerstats.us/bios/robert-hosie/ Robert Hosie