Bobbie Bruce

Bobbie Bruce
Personal information
Full name	Robert Frederick Bruce
Date of birth	29 January 1906
Place of birth	Paisley, Scotland
Date of death	6 April 1978 (aged 72)
Place of death	Johnstone, Scotland
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Position(s)	Inside left
Youth career
	St Anthony's
Senior career*
Years	Team
1924–1928	Aberdeen
1928–1935	Middlesbrough
1935–1936	Sheffield Wednesday
1936–1938	Ipswich Town
1938–1939	Mossley
International career
1933	Scotland
Managerial career
1938–1939	Mossley
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert Frederick Bruce (29 January 1906 – 6 April 1978)^[3] was a Scottish footballer.

Born in Paisley, Bruce was an inside left who developed with the Glaswegian junior side St. Anthony's. He spent his senior career with Aberdeen (1924–1928), Middlesbrough F.C. (1928–1935),^[4] Sheffield Wednesday F.C. (1935–1936),^[5] and Ipswich Town F.C. (1936–1938).^[2]^[6] His last club was Mossley A.F.C., where he held the role of player-manager during the 1938–39 season. He played once for the Scotland national team, against Austria in 1933.^[3]

^ ^a ^b "The Mossley Managers". Mossley AFC. Archived from the original on 18 March 2010. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
^ ^a ^b "Bobby Bruce". AFC Heritage Trust. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
^ ^a ^b "[Scotland player] Robert Bruce". londonhearts.com. London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
^ Robert Bruce, 11v11.com
^ Bob Bruce, The Sheffield Wednesday Archive
^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)