Robert Bruce (rugby union)

Scotland international rugby union player

Rugby player

Robert Bruce

Birth name| Robert Mitchell Bruce

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Date of birth| (1922-06-19)19 June 1922
Place of birth| Aberdeen, Scotland
Date of death| 16 June 2001(2001-06-16) (aged 78)
Rugby union career
| Position(s)|  Prop

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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.