Robert Bruce (rugby union)
| Birth name | Robert Mitchell Bruce | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 19 June 1922 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Aberdeen, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 16 June 2001 (aged 78) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Robert Bruce (19 June 1922 – 16 June 2001) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]
Rugby Union career[edit]
Amateur career[edit]
He played for Gordonians. He was the first Gordonians player to be capped for Scotland.[2]
Provincial career[edit]
Bruce was capped for North of Scotland District.[3]
He played for the combined North of Scotland District side (a defacto North and Midlands side) in their match against Australia in October 1947.[4]
He turned out for the Scotland Probables side on 20 December 1947.[5]
International career[edit]
He was capped 4 times for Scotland in the period 1947 to 1948.[6]
Administrative career[edit]
He was the North of Scotland district secretary for many years.[2]
Banking career[edit]
He joined Aberdeen Savings Bank at the age of 18, and became manager of their Stornoway branch in 1952.[2]
While in Stornoway he founded Stornoway RFC.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ "Robert Mitchell Bruce". ESPN scrum.
- ^ a b c d "Robert Bruce". HeraldScotland.
- ^ "Register". Retrieved 16 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Register". Retrieved 16 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Register". Retrieved 16 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Robert Bruce - Test matches". ESPN scrum.