Date of birth May 20, 1901 Role Footballer Name Mike Cosgrove | Date of death December 1972 Place of birth Dundee, Scotland Position Wing half | |
Full name Michael Docherty Cosgrove Place of death Erie County, New York, United States Playing position Died December 1972, Erie County, New York, United States | ||
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. In May 1921, he moved to Tottenham Hotspur F.C. On 15 February 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.