Walter Bruce (Scottish footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 29 November 1873[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Bonhill, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 1 February 1941 (aged 67)[2] | ||
| Place of death | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Centre half | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Bonhill Rovers | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1891–1895 | Vale of Leven | ||
| 1895–1898 | Renton | 33 | (1) |
| 1898–1906 | St Mirren | 116 | (10) |
| Total | 149 | (11) | |
| International career | |||
| 1902–1903 | Scottish League XI | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Walter Bruce (29 November 1873 – 1 February 1941) was a Scottish footballer who played for Vale of Leven, Renton and St Mirren as a centre half.[3][4] His elder brother Daniel was also a footballer who won the English FA Cup with Notts County in 1894 and later played for St Mirren, possibly being involved in Walter's move there in 1898[3] after Renton resigned from the Scottish Football League earlier that season.
He never took part in a major final, reaching the semi-final stage of the Scottish Cup once with Renton (in 1896) and three times with St Mirren (1898, 1900, 1901).[4][5] He did win the Dumbartonshire Cup with Renton in 1896[6] and played in the 1903 Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup final which St Mirren lost 5–2 to Celtic.[7] From the next season, he lost his regular place in the Buddies side to Robert Robertson.[4] He made 140 appearances for the Paisley team in the two major competitions and scored 13 goals.[8]
Bruce was selected for the Scottish Football League XI in 1902 and 1903, facing the Irish League XI on both occasions.[3][9][10]
He continued to live in his birthplace of Bonhill and worked in the Singer Corporation sewing machine factory in Clydebank until his death in 1941.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Statutory registers - Births - Search results, ScotlandsPeople
- ^ Statutory registers - Deaths - Search results, ScotlandsPeople
- ^ a b c d Senior Football Players from the Vale of Leven in the 20th Century | Bruce, Walter (Half back, best known as a Centre Half: Vale of Leven, St Mirren; senior career c 1893 – 1908)., The Vale of Leven
- ^ a b c John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
- ^ Famous Players. | Walter Bruce, St Mirren F.C. The Scottish Referee, 21 August 1905. Scan via London Hearts Supporters Club
- ^ The Association Game. | Renton v. Dumbarton–Dumbartonshire Cup Final, The Glasgow Herald, 16 March 1896
- ^ Football. | Charity Cup Final., The Glasgow Herald, 25 May 1903
- ^ Player profiles B, StMirren.info
- ^ (SFL player) Walter Bruce), London Hearts Supporters Club
- ^ Scottish League Internationalists, StMirren.info
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