Bertie Rosier

{{Infobox football biography

|name = Bertie Rosier

|image =Bertie Rosier, Brentford FC footballer, 1920.jpg

|caption =Rosier while with Brentford in 1920.

|fullname =Herbert Leonard Rosier{{Cite book |last=Joyce |first=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |publisher=Tony Brown |year=2012 |isbn=978-1905891610 |location=Nottingham |page=252}}

|birth_date = {{birth date|1893|3|21|df=y}}

|birth_place = Hanwell, England

|death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1939|2|14|1893|3|21}}

|death_place = Brentford, England

|height = {{height|ft=5|in=6}}{{Cite news |date=13 August 1923 |title=The lure of promotion. Clapton Orient |page=6 |work=Athletic News |location=Manchester}}

|position = Left back

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|years1 = 1911–1912

|clubs1 = Hanwell North End

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|years2 = 1912–1913

|clubs2 = Uxbridge

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|years3 = 1913

|clubs3 = Southall

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|years4 = 1913–1923

|clubs4 = Brentford

|caps4 = 119

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|years5 = 1923–1927

|clubs5 = Clapton Orient

|caps5 =136

|goals5 =1

|years6 = 1927–1928

|clubs6 = Southend United

|caps6 = 41

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|years7 = 1928–1930

|clubs7 = Fulham

|caps7 = 52

|goals7 = 0

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|clubs8 = Folkestone

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Herbert Leonard Rosier (21 March 1893 – 1 March 1939) was an English professional footballer who played as a left back in the Football League for Brentford, Clapton Orient, Southend United and Fulham.

Career

Rosier began his career with non-League clubs Hanwell North End, Uxbridge and Southall,{{Cite web |title=Rosier Bertie Brentford 1921 |url=http://vintagefootballers.com/product/rosier-bertie-image-1-brentford-1921/ |access-date=24 December 2018 |website=Vintage Footballers |language=en-GB}} before moving to Southern League Second Division club Brentford alongside his brother in 1913.{{Cite book |last=Haynes |first=Graham |title=Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006 |last2=Coumbe |first2=Frank |publisher=Yore Publications |year=2006 |isbn=0955294916 |location=Harefield |page=137}} A left back, Rosier's progress was halted by the outbreak of the First World War in 1914 and he enlisted to fight. After the armistice, Rosier returned to Brentford and played in the 1918–19 London Combination title-winning team. After Brentford's election to the Third Division in 1920, Rosier made his Football League debut for the club in a 3–0 defeat to Exeter City on 28 August 1920. By the time of his departure from Griffin Park in February 1923, Rosier had made 127 appearances.{{Cite book |title=100 Years Of Brentford |publisher=Brentford FC |year=1989 |isbn=0951526200 |editor-last=White |editor-first=Eric |pages=363–367}} He later played for Clapton Orient, Southend United, Fulham and Folkestone.{{Cite web |title=Player Profile |url=http://www.sufcdb.co.uk/profile.php?p=139 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811095507/http://www.sufcdb.co.uk/profile.php?p=139 |archive-date=11 August 2014 |access-date=4 August 2014 |publisher=SUFCdb}}

Personal

During the First World War, Rosier and his brother, Alfred, served with the Royal Sussex Regiment and both were captured by the Germans in July 1917 near Monchy-le-Preux.{{Cite book |title=Bees Review: Brentford Official Matchday Programme vs Hull City |date=3 November 2015 |publisher=Regal Sports Press |location=Milton Keynes |page=63}} Both brothers were interned in prisoner of war camps in Douai, Dülmen and Münster before being repatriated in November 1918. Rosier held the rank of private.{{Cite news |title=Herbert Leonard Rosier {{!}} Service Record |language=en-US |work=Football and the First World War |url=https://www.footballandthefirstworldwar.org/herbert-leonard-rosier-service-record/ |access-date=13 November 2018}}

Career statistics

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" \|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition ! rowspan="2" \|Club ! rowspan="2" \|Season ! colspan="3" \|League ! colspan="2" \|FA Cup ! colspan="2" \|Total
Division !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals
rowspan="6" \|Brentford \|1914–15 \|Southern League Second Division \|1 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|1 \|0
1919–20 \|Southern League First Division \|26 \|0 \|1 \|0 \|27 \|0
1920–21 \|Third Division \|34 \|0 \|1 \|0 \|35 \|0
1921–22 \| rowspan="2" \|Third Division South \|34 \|0 \|3 \|0 \|37 \|0
1922–23 \|24 \|0 \|3 \|0 \|27 \|0
colspan="2" \|Total !119 !0 !8 !0 !127 !0
Southend United \|1927–28 \|Third Division South \|41 \|0 \|1 \|0 \|42 \|0
colspan="3" \|Career total !160 !0 !9 !0 !169 !0

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