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Hosie Robert Image 1 Third Lanark 1909
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Description
Inside forward Robert Hosie began his football career with Vale of Leven from where he was signed by Scottish First Division club Third Lanark in 1908. Described as “a young player” at the time the photograph was published, he scored 21 goals in 96 matches for The Warriors over the next seven years and also had spells on loan with St Bernard’s in 1913-14 where he scored 6 goals in 18 appearances, and Clydebank in 1914-15 where he scored twice in 19 matches.
In October 1920, Hosie joined Brooklyn Robins Dry Dock of the National Association Football League. 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 matches. In 1926 he played 6 matches for The New York Giants before his retirement.
