Mike Cosgrove (footballer)

Mike Cosgrove

Personal information
Full name	Michael Docherty Cosgrove
Date of birth	May 20, 1901
Place of birth	Dundee, Scotland
Date of death	December 1972
Place of death	Erie County, New York, United States
Playing position	Wing half / Inside right
Youth career
	Dundee North End
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(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
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Michael "Mick", "Jack" or "Mike" 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.^[1] In May 1921, he moved to Tottenham Hotspur F.C. On February 15, 1923, Cosgrove joined Celtic F.C. 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.

References

1. Gracie, Steve (2008). A Passion for Survival. Dundee: Arabest Publishing. p. 205. ISBN 978-0-9558341-0-3.

External links

• Aberdeen: Mike Cosgrove
• Jose, Colin (1998). American Soccer League, 1921-1931 (Hardback). The Scarecrow Press. (ISBN 0-8108-3429-4).