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Robert Bruce (rugby union)

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Robert Bruce
Birth nameRobert Mitchell Bruce
Date of birth(1922-06-19)19 June 1922
Place of birthAberdeen, Scotland
Date of death16 June 2001(2001-06-16) (aged 78)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
- Gordonians ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
- North of Scotland ()
- Scotland Probables ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1947-48 Scotland 4 (0)

Robert Bruce (19 June 1922 – 16 June 2001) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]

Rugby Union career

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Amateur career

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He played for Gordonians. He was the first Gordonians player to be capped for Scotland.[2]

Provincial career

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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

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He was capped 4 times for Scotland in the period 1947 to 1948.[6]

Administrative career

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He was the North of Scotland district secretary for many years.[2]

Banking career

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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

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  1. ^ "Robert Mitchell Bruce". ESPN scrum.
  2. ^ a b c d "Robert Bruce". HeraldScotland.
  3. ^ "Register". Retrieved 16 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Register". Retrieved 16 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Register". Retrieved 16 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Robert Bruce - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
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