Russell Bruce
| Full name | Charles Russell Bruce | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 25 April 1918 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 17 April 2009 (aged 90) Glasgow, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Glasgow Academy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Surveyor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Charles Russell Bruce (25 April 1918 — 17 April 2009) was a Scotland international rugby union player.
Rugby Union career
[edit | edit source]Amateur career
[edit | edit source]Bruce was educated at Glasgow Academy and played for Glasgow Academicals.[1]
He played for the Army Rugby Union side in 1944.[1]
Provincial career
[edit | edit source]He captained Glasgow District in the 1946 December inter-city match against Edinburgh District.[2]
He later played in the trial match that month. He played for the Blues Trial side on 21 December 1946 against Whites Trial side.[3]
He then turned out for the final trial match for Scotland Probables against Scotland Possibles on 18 January 1947.[4]
International career
[edit | edit source]Bruce represented Scotland in the 1946 Victory Internationals which were at the time non-cap internationals, before later gaining official caps in the 1947 Five Nations. He featured in all four of Scotland's matches, the first three as a centre, then as an experimented fly-half for the final match against England, for which he also stood in as captain. For his remaining four caps, all in the 1949 Five Nations, he was used again at fly-half.[5][6]
Military career
[edit | edit source]He served as an Army major during World War 2.
See also
[edit | edit source]References
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External links
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- 1918 births
- 2009 deaths
- Scottish rugby union players
- Scotland international rugby union players
- Glasgow Academicals rugby union players
- Rugby union players from Glasgow
- Rugby union centres
- Rugby union fly-halves
- People educated at the Glasgow Academy
- British Army officers
- British Army personnel of World War II
- Blues Trial players
- Scotland Probables players
- Glasgow District (rugby union) players