Robert 'Bobby' Yule was a Scottish

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who began his career in Scotland before moving to the American Soccer League where he played for eight years. In 1919, Yule signed with

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in the Scottish League. He saw time in only 27 games before leaving Scotland in 1922. He may have spent a year in Fore River. In 1923, he signed with the

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in the American Soccer League. In 1930, he moved to the

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then the

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and ended his career with the

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