Walter_Bruce_(Scottish_footballer)

Walter Bruce (Scottish footballer)

Walter Bruce (Scottish footballer)

Scottish footballer

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.

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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

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    Statutory registers - Births - Search results, ScotlandsPeople
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    Statutory registers - Deaths - Search results, ScotlandsPeople
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    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
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    John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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    Famous Players. | Walter Bruce, St Mirren F.C. The Scottish Referee, 21 August 1905. Scan via London Hearts Supporters Club
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    The Association Game. | Renton v. Dumbarton–Dumbartonshire Cup Final, The Glasgow Herald, 16 March 1896
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    Football. | Charity Cup Final., The Glasgow Herald, 25 May 1903
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    Player profiles B, StMirren.info
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    (SFL player) Walter Bruce), London Hearts Supporters Club
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    Scottish League Internationalists, StMirren.info
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