Robert Hosie

Robert Hosie
Personal information
Place of birth	Scotland
Position(s)	Inside Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Vale of Leven
	Third Lanark
	Clydebank
1920–1921	Robins Dry Dock
1921–1922	Todd Shipyards
1922–1923	Paterson F.C.
1923–1924	New York Field Club
1924–1926	Brooklyn Wanderers
1926	New York Giants
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert Hosie was a Scottish soccer inside forward who began his career in Scotland 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).^[1] 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.

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