Bryan Gossman

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Bryan Gossman
BornBryan Murray Gossman
(1951-05-05)5 May 1951
Died28 October 2022(2022-10-28) (aged 71)
SchoolArdrossan Academy
UniversityStrathclyde University
Notable relativeJimmy Gossman (brother)
OccupationWealth management
Rugby union career
Position Fly-half
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1970-72 Ardrossan Academicals
1972-84 West of Scotland
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
Glasgow District
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1979-80 Scotland 'B' 2 (0)
1980–83 Scotland 3 (6)

Bryan Murray Gossman (5 May 1951 – 28 October 2022) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He played as a fly-half.[1]

Rugby Union career

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Amateur career

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He studied at Ardrossan Academy when leaving initially played for their former pupils side Ardrossan Academicals.[2]

He joined West of Scotland in 1972, where he played for the remainder of his career.[3]

Provincial career

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He played for Glasgow District.[4]

International career

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He was capped for Scotland 'B' on 1 December 1979 against Ireland, playing alongside his brother Jimmy Gossman.[5]

Bryan Gossman gained 3 caps for Scotland, from 1980 to 1983, scoring 2 drop goals, 6 points on aggregate. He played all these games at the Five Nations Championship, one in 1980 and two in 1983, when he scored his two drop goals.[6]

Business career

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Gossman graduated in economics and economic history from the University of Strathclyde.[2]

He became a trainee bank manager at the Saltcoats Bank of Scotland, before moving on to Bristol and West and then the Dunfermline Building Society.[3]

He later became a senior partner at St James's Place Wealth Management.[3]

He became the treasurer of the North Ayrshire Conservatives. A short-lived related group called the Irvine Unionist Club were fined £400 for not declaring £100,000 gifted to the Scottish Conservative campaign in 2016 via the North Ayrshire Conservative and Unionist Association, after a 'dark money' investigation. Gossman had stated the money went to 'the central party in Edinburgh'.[7] A motion was raised in the Scottish Parliament for the Conservatives to explain the cash donation by the Green MSP Ross Greer.[8]

Family

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His brother Jimmy Gossman was also capped for Scotland.[1]

Death

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Gossman died on 28 October 2022, aged 71.[3]

References

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