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{{short description|Scottish footballer}}
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| name = Daniel Bruce
| name = Daniel Bruce
| image =
| image = Notts county 1894 (Bruce).jpg
| caption =
| caption =
| fullname = Daniel Bruce
| fullname = Daniel Rodger Bruce
| height =
| height =
| position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
| position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1870|10|20|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Bonhill]], Scotland
| birth_place = [[Bonhill]], Scotland
| death_date = {{death date and age|1931|2|6|1868|03|21|df=y}}<ref name="spdeath">[https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/record-results?search_type=people&dl_cat=statutory&dl_rec=statutory-deaths&surname=bruce&surname_so=exact&forename=daniel&forename_so=starts&other_surname_so=exact&mmsurname_so=exact&from_year=1931&to_year=1931&birth_year_range=1&record_type=stat_deaths Statutory registers – Deaths – Search results] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112020541/https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/record-results?search_type=people |date=12 November 2020 }}, [[ScotlandsPeople]]</ref>
| death_date = {{death date and age|1931|2|6|1870|10|20|df=y}}
| death_place =
| death_place = [[Dumbarton]], Scotland
| years1 = {{0|0000}}–1891 | clubs1 = [[Vale of Leven F.C.|Vale of Leven]] | caps1 = | goals1 =
| years1 = 1888–1891 | clubs1 = [[Vale of Leven F.C.|Vale of Leven]] | caps1 = 36 | goals1 = 13
| years2 = 1891–1892 | clubs2 = [[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]] | caps2 = 4 | goals2 = 5
| years2 = 1891–1892 | clubs2 = [[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]] | caps2 = 4 | goals2 = 5
| years3 = 1892–1895 | clubs3 = [[Notts County F.C.|Notts County]] | caps3 = 89 | goals3 = 47
| years3 = 1892–1895 | clubs3 = [[Notts County F.C.|Notts County]] | caps3 = 89 | goals3 = 47
| years4 = 1895–1896 | clubs4 = [[Birmingham City F.C.|Small Heath]] | caps4 = 9 | goals4 = 2
| years4 = 1895–1896 | clubs4 = [[Birmingham City F.C.|Small Heath]] | caps4 = 9 | goals4 = 2
| years5 = 1896–1897 | clubs5 = Perth | caps5 = | goals5 =
| years5 = 1896–1897 | clubs5 = Perth | caps5 = | goals5 =
| years6 = 1897 | clubs6 = [[Vale of Leven F.C.|Vale of Leven]] | caps6 = | goals6 =
| years6 = 1897 | clubs6 = [[Vale of Leven F.C.|Vale of Leven]] | caps6 = | goals6 =
| years7 = 1897–???? | clubs7 = [[St Mirren F.C.|St Mirren]] | caps7 = | goals7 =
| years7 = 1897–1898 | clubs7 = [[St Mirren F.C.|St Mirren]] | caps7 = 1 | goals7 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 1890 | nationalteam1 = [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]]
| nationalyears1 = 1890 | nationalteam1 = [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]]
| nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 0
}}
}}
'''Daniel Bruce''' (20 October 1870 – 6 February 1931) was a [[Scotland national football team|Scotland international]] [[association football|footballer]] who played on the losing side in the [[1890 Scottish Cup Final]] for [[Vale of Leven F.C.|Vale of Leven]] and on the winning side in the [[1894 FA Cup Final]] for [[Notts County F.C.|Notts County]]. He scored 49 goals in 98 appearances in [[the Football League]] playing for Notts County and [[Birmingham City F.C.|Small Heath]].<ref name=Joyce>{{cite book |last=Joyce |first=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |publisher=SoccerData (Tony Brown) |location=Nottingham |year=2004 |page=40 |isbn=978-1-899468-67-6}}</ref> He played as a left-sided, or centre [[forward (association football)|forward]].
'''Daniel Rodger Bruce''' (21 March 1868 – 4 February 1931) was a [[Scotland national football team|Scotland international]] [[association football|footballer]] who played on the losing side in the [[1890 Scottish Cup final]] for [[Vale of Leven F.C.|Vale of Leven]] and on the winning side in the [[1894 FA Cup final]] for [[Notts County F.C.|Notts County]].<ref name=litsterprewar/> He scored 49 goals in 98 appearances in [[the Football League]] playing for Notts County and [[Birmingham City F.C.|Small Heath]].<ref name=Joyce>{{cite book |last=Joyce |first=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |publisher=SoccerData |location=Nottingham |year=2004 |page=40 |isbn=978-1-899468-67-6}}</ref> He played as a left-sided or centre [[Forward (association football)|forward]].


==Career==
==Career==
Bruce was born in [[Bonhill]], [[Dunbartonshire]].<ref name=SFA>{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616025952/http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/football_player_profile.cfm?page=32&playerID=113234 |title=Daniel Bruce – A Squad |publisher=Scottish Football Association |archivedate=16 June 2011|url=http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/football_player_profile.cfm?page=32&playerID=113234}}</ref> He played for [[Vale of Leven F.C.|Vale of Leven]], with whom he appeared in the [[1890 Scottish Cup Final]] against [[Queen's Park F.C.|Queen's Park]]. The final as scheduled finished as a 1–1 draw; however, in the [[replay (sports)|replay]], Bruce opened the scoring for Vale of Leven but Queen's came back to win 2–1.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iffhs.de/?29da15a85b15685855291a54e85fdcdc3bfcdc0aec70aeedb0a41f |title=1889/90 season |publisher=International Federation of Football History & Statistics |accessdate=25 March 2009}}</ref> Soon afterwards, and while still a teenager, Bruce was [[cap (sport)|capped]] for [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]]. His first and what turned out to be only international appearance came on 22 March 1890 against [[Wales national football team|Wales]] in the [[British Home Championship]]; Scotland won 5–0.<ref name=SFA/> He moved to [[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]] in 1891 and played four games in the [[Scottish Football League]] at the start of the [[1892–93 in Scottish football|1892–93 season]], scoring five goals.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gersnetonline.co.uk/newsite/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=198&Itemid=31 |title=Season 1892/93&nbsp;– Match Stats |work=The Rangers Archive |publisher=GersnetOnline |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006223129/http://www.gersnetonline.co.uk/newsite/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=198&Itemid=31 |archivedate=6 October 2011}}</ref>
Bruce was born in [[Bonhill]], [[Dunbartonshire]].<ref name=SFA>{{cite web |url=http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/football_player_profile.cfm?page=32&playerID=113234 |title=Daniel Bruce – A Squad |publisher=Scottish Football Association |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616025952/http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/football_player_profile.cfm?page=32&playerID=113234 |archivedate=16 June 2011}}</ref> He played for [[Vale of Leven F.C.|Vale of Leven]], with whom he appeared in the [[1890 Scottish Cup final]] against [[Queen's Park F.C.|Queen's Park]]. The final as scheduled finished as a 1–1 draw; in the [[replay (sports)|replay]], Bruce opened the scoring for Vale of Leven but Queen's came back to win 2–1.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iffhs.de/?29da15a85b15685855291a54e85fdcdc3bfcdc0aec70aeedb0a41f |title=1889/90 season |publisher=International Federation of Football History & Statistics |accessdate=25 March 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526114744/http://www.iffhs.de/?29da15a85b15685855291a54e85fdcdc3bfcdc0aec70aeedb0a41f |archivedate=26 May 2011}}</ref> Soon afterwards Bruce was [[Cap (sport)|capped]] for [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]] on 22 March 1890 against [[Wales national football team|Wales]] in the [[British Home Championship]]; Scotland won 5–0 in what turned out to be only international appearance.<ref name=SFA/><ref name=litsterprewar>{{cite journal|title=A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players|author=John Litster|publisher=Scottish Football Historian magazine|date=October 2012}}</ref> He moved to [[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]] in 1891 and played four games in the [[Scottish Football League]] at the start of the [[1892–93 in Scottish football|1892–93 season]], scoring five goals.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gersnetonline.co.uk/newsite/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=198&Itemid=31 |title=Season 1892/93&nbsp;– Match Stats |work=The Rangers Archive |publisher=GersnetOnline |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006223129/http://www.gersnetonline.co.uk/newsite/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=198&Itemid=31 |archivedate=6 October 2011}}</ref><ref name=Vale>[http://www.valeofleven.org.uk/valefootballers.html#danielbruce Senior Football Players from the Vale of Leven in the 20th Century {{!}} Bruce, Daniel (Forward, Vale of Leven; senior career late 1880's – 1890's).], The Vale of Leven</ref>


Bruce came to England later that year to join [[Football League First Division]] club [[Notts County F.C.|Notts County]].<ref name=Matthews76>{{cite book |last=Matthews |first=Tony |title=Birmingham City: A Complete Record |year=1995 |publisher=Breedon Books |location=Derby |page=76 |isbn=978-1-85983-010-9}}</ref> Though [[relegated]] at the end of his first season, and failing to win promotion the next despite Bruce's 18-goal contribution, they did become the first [[Football League Second Division|Second Division]] club to win the [[FA Cup]].<ref name=Maggies>{{cite web|url=http://homepage.ntlworld.com/carousel/ncfc189394.html |title=1893/94 |work=Up The Maggies |accessdate=25 March 2009 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517042721/http://homepage.ntlworld.com/carousel/ncfc189394.html |archivedate=17 May 2008 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref name=NottsCo>{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090309073316/http://www.nottscountyfc.co.uk/page/HistoryDetail/0,,10426~1028230,00.html |title=FA Cup Glory |publisher=Notts County F.C |date=23 April 2008 |archivedate=9 March 2009|url=http://www.nottscountyfc.co.uk/page/HistoryDetail/0,,10426~1028230,00.html}}</ref> County beat four First Division sides to reach the [[1894 FA Cup Final]]; Bruce scored once in the quarter-final, "scraping" a draw against local rivals [[Nottingham Forest F.C.|Nottingham Forest]], and twice more in the 4–1 replay win.<ref name=Maggies/><ref name=NottsCo/> Bruce had several chances to open the scoring in the final, but was foiled both by the [[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]] [[goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]] and by the woodwork; nevertheless, County went on to win 4–1.<ref name=NottsCo/> In three years with the club, Bruce played 89 league games and scored at better than a goal every two games.<ref name=Joyce/>
Bruce came to England later that year to join [[Football League First Division]] club [[Notts County F.C.|Notts County]].<ref name=Matthews76>{{cite book |last=Matthews |first=Tony |title=Birmingham City: A Complete Record |year=1995 |publisher=Breedon Books |location=Derby |page=76 |isbn=978-1-85983-010-9}}</ref> Though [[relegated]] at the end of his first season, and failing to win promotion the next despite Bruce's 18-goal contribution, they did become the first [[Football League Second Division|Second Division]] club to win the [[FA Cup]].<ref name=Maggies>{{cite web |url=http://homepage.ntlworld.com/carousel/ncfc189394.html |title=1893/94 |work=Up The Maggies |accessdate=25 March 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517042721/http://homepage.ntlworld.com/carousel/ncfc189394.html |archivedate=17 May 2008}}</ref><ref name=NottsCo>{{cite web |url=http://www.nottscountyfc.co.uk/page/HistoryDetail/0,,10426~1028230,00.html |title=FA Cup Glory |publisher=Notts County F.C |date=23 April 2008 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090309073316/http://www.nottscountyfc.co.uk/page/HistoryDetail/0%2C%2C10426~1028230%2C00.html |archivedate=9 March 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> County beat four First Division sides to reach the [[1894 FA Cup final]]; Bruce scored once in the quarter-final, "scraping" a draw against local rivals [[Nottingham Forest F.C.|Nottingham Forest]], and twice more in the 4–1 replay win.<ref name=Maggies/><ref name=NottsCo/> Bruce had several chances to open the scoring in the final, but was foiled both by the [[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]] [[goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]] and by the woodwork; nevertheless, County went on to win 4–1.<ref name=NottsCo/> In three years with the club, Bruce played 89 league games and scored at better than a goal every two games.<ref name=Joyce/>


In November 1895, Bruce moved to First Division [[Birmingham City F.C.|Small Heath]]. The transfer fee of £100 made him the first player for whom Small Heath had paid a three-figure fee, but he failed to settle. He scored twice in the ten games he played for the club before he returned to Scotland, turning out for Perth and Vale of Leven before signing for [[St Mirren F.C.|St Mirren]].<ref name=Matthews76/>
In November 1895, Bruce moved to First Division [[Birmingham City F.C.|Small Heath]]. The transfer fee of £100 made him the first player for whom Small Heath had paid a three-figure fee, but he failed to settle. He scored twice in the ten games he played for the club before he returned to Scotland, turning out for Perth and Vale of Leven before signing for [[St Mirren F.C.|St Mirren]].<ref name=Matthews76/><ref name=Vale/><ref name=litsterprewar/>


Bruce died in 1931 at the age of 60.<ref name=SFA/>
Bruce died in 1931 at the age of 62.<ref name="spdeath"/>

==Personal life==
His younger brother [[Walter Bruce (Scottish footballer)|Walter]] was also a footballer who also played for Vale of Leven and St Mirren, spending most of his career with the latter.<ref name=Vale/>


==Honours==
==Honours==
with '''Vale of Leven'''
'''Vale of Leven'''
* [[Scottish Cup]] runners-up: [[1890 Scottish Cup Final|1890]]
* [[Scottish Cup]] runners-up: [[1890 Scottish Cup final|1890]]

with '''Notts County'''
'''Notts County'''
* [[FA Cup]] winners: [[1894 FA Cup Final|1894]]
* [[FA Cup]] winners: [[1894 FA Cup final|1894]]


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
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* [http://www.londonhearts.com/scotland/players/danielbruce.html Scotland profile] at London Hearts Supporters Club
* [http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/football_player_profile.cfm?page=2492&playerID=113234&squadID=1 Bruce's profile] at the Scottish Football Association
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* [http://www.londonhearts.com/scotland/players/danielbruce.html Bruce's profile] at LondonHearts


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Latest revision as of 18:42, 29 May 2024

For other people with the same name, see Daniel Bruce (disambiguation).

Daniel Bruce
Personal information
Full name Daniel Rodger Bruce
Date of birth (1868-03-21)21 March 1868[1]
Place of birth Bonhill, Scotland
Date of death 6 February 1931(1931-02-06) (aged 62)[2]
Place of death Dumbarton, Scotland
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1888–1891 Vale of Leven 36 (13)
1891–1892 Rangers 4 (5)
1892–1895 Notts County 89 (47)
1895–1896 Small Heath 9 (2)
1896–1897 Perth
1897 Vale of Leven
1897–1898 St Mirren 1 (0)
International career
1890 Scotland 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Daniel Rodger Bruce (21 March 1868 – 4 February 1931) was a Scotland international footballer who played on the losing side in the 1890 Scottish Cup final for Vale of Leven and on the winning side in the 1894 FA Cup final for Notts County.[3] He scored 49 goals in 98 appearances in the Football League playing for Notts County and Small Heath.[4] He played as a left-sided or centre forward.

Career

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Bruce was born in Bonhill, Dunbartonshire.[5] He played for Vale of Leven, with whom he appeared in the 1890 Scottish Cup final against Queen's Park. The final as scheduled finished as a 1–1 draw; in the replay, Bruce opened the scoring for Vale of Leven but Queen's came back to win 2–1.[6] Soon afterwards Bruce was capped for Scotland on 22 March 1890 against Wales in the British Home Championship; Scotland won 5–0 in what turned out to be only international appearance.[5][3] He moved to Rangers in 1891 and played four games in the Scottish Football League at the start of the 1892–93 season, scoring five goals.[7][8]

Bruce came to England later that year to join Football League First Division club Notts County.[9] Though relegated at the end of his first season, and failing to win promotion the next despite Bruce's 18-goal contribution, they did become the first Second Division club to win the FA Cup.[10][11] County beat four First Division sides to reach the 1894 FA Cup final; Bruce scored once in the quarter-final, "scraping" a draw against local rivals Nottingham Forest, and twice more in the 4–1 replay win.[10][11] Bruce had several chances to open the scoring in the final, but was foiled both by the Bolton Wanderers goalkeeper and by the woodwork; nevertheless, County went on to win 4–1.[11] In three years with the club, Bruce played 89 league games and scored at better than a goal every two games.[4]

In November 1895, Bruce moved to First Division Small Heath. The transfer fee of £100 made him the first player for whom Small Heath had paid a three-figure fee, but he failed to settle. He scored twice in the ten games he played for the club before he returned to Scotland, turning out for Perth and Vale of Leven before signing for St Mirren.[9][8][3]

Bruce died in 1931 at the age of 62.[2]

Personal life

[edit]

His younger brother Walter was also a footballer who also played for Vale of Leven and St Mirren, spending most of his career with the latter.[8]

Honours

[edit]

Vale of Leven

Notts County

References

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  1. ^ Statutory registers – Births – Search results Archived 12 November 2020 at the Wayback Machine, ScotlandsPeople
  2. ^ a b Statutory registers – Deaths – Search results Archived 12 November 2020 at the Wayback Machine, ScotlandsPeople
  3. ^ a b c John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 40. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
  5. ^ a b "Daniel Bruce – A Squad". Scottish Football Association. Archived from the original on 16 June 2011.
  6. ^ "1889/90 season". International Federation of Football History & Statistics. Archived from the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
  7. ^ "Season 1892/93 – Match Stats". The Rangers Archive. GersnetOnline. Archived from the original on 6 October 2011.
  8. ^ a b c Senior Football Players from the Vale of Leven in the 20th Century | Bruce, Daniel (Forward, Vale of Leven; senior career late 1880's – 1890's)., The Vale of Leven
  9. ^ a b Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 76. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
  10. ^ a b "1893/94". Up The Maggies. Archived from the original on 17 May 2008. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
  11. ^ a b c "FA Cup Glory". Notts County F.C. 23 April 2008. Archived from the original on 9 March 2009.
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