Mike Cosgrove (footballer)

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Mike Cosgrove
Personal information
Full name Michael Docherty Cosgrove
Date of birth 20 May 1901
Place of birth Dundee, Scotland
Date of death December 1972(1972-12-00) (aged 71)
Place of death Erie County, New York, USA
Height5 ft 10+1⁄2 in (1.79 m) [1]
Position(s) Wing half / Inside right
Youth career
Dundee North End
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1920–1921 Dundee Hibernian
1921–1923 Tottenham Hotspur
1923 Celtic 0 (0)
1923–1924 Brooklyn Wanderers 24 (9)
1924–1928 Aberdeen 66 (5)
1928– Bristol Rovers
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Michael Cosgrove was a Scottish footballer who played in Scotland, England and the United States.

In January 1920, Cosgrove signed for Dundee Hibernian from local junior club Dundee North End. [2] In May 1921, he moved to Tottenham Hotspur On 15 February 1923, Cosgrove joined Celtic but did not enter a first-team game. That summer, he moved to the United States and signed with the Brooklyn Wanderers of the American Soccer League. He began the 1924-1925 season with Brooklyn, played one game, then returned to Scotland where he joined Aberdeen F.C. Over four seasons, he played seventy-three games (sixty-five league games), scoring five league goals. In May 1928, Aberdeen sent him to Bristol Rovers F.C. When he retired, he returned to Scotland until 1930 when he moved his wife and family to the United States, becoming an American citizen in 1937.

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References

  1. ↑ The Vagrant (21 August 1922). "Few big transfers in the First Division of the Football League. Tottenham Hotspur". Athletic News. Manchester. p. 5.
  2. ↑ Gracie, Steve (2008). A Passion for Survival. Dundee: Arabest Publishing. p. 205. ISBN   978-0-9558341-0-3.
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