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]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[7]
Club	Season	League			National Cup		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Aberdeen	1924–25	Scottish Division One	16	2	6	0	22	2
	1925–26		17	3	6	2	23	5
	1926–27		36	20	3	4	39	24
	1927–28		25	11	1	3	26	14
	Total		94	36	16	9	110	45
Middlesbrough	1928–29	Second Division	-	-	-	-	-	-
	1929–30	First Division	-	-	-	-	-	-
	1930–31		-	-	-	-	-	-
	1931–32		-	-	-	-	-	-
	1932–33		-	-	-	-	-	-
	1933–34		-	-	-	-	-	-
	1934–35		-	-	-	-	-	-
	1935–36		-	-	-	-	-	-
	Total		231	65	22	6	253	71
Sheffield Wednesday	1935–36	First Division	5	0	0	0	5	0
Ipswich Town	1936–37	Southern League	-	-	-	-	-	-
	1937–38	Southern League	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Total		-	-	-	-	-	-
Mossley	1938–39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Career total			330+	101+	38+	15+	368+	116+

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[8]
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Scotland	1933	1	0
Total		1	0

Sheffield Wednesday