Willie Bryce
Appearance
Birth name | William Erskine Bryce | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 16 January 1901 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Bolton, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 22 February 1983 | (aged 81)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Melrose, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Willie Bryce (16 January 1901 – 22 February 1983) was a Scotland international rugby union player with his regular playing position being Scrum half; and a Scotland international field hockey player.[1][2]
Rugby Union career
[edit]Amateur career
[edit]Bryce played for Selkirk.
Provincial career
[edit]Bryce played for South of Scotland District.
International career
[edit]Bryce was capped for Scotland 11 times, between 1922 and 1924. He scored 3 tries for his country.[3]
On his last match for Scotland, against Ireland in 1924, he suffered a shoulder injury which ended his rugby union career; and forced Bryce to switch sports.[2]
Field Hockey career
[edit]Club career
[edit]Bryce played field hockey for Selkirk. He played on several occasions at Berwick.[4]
International career
[edit]Bryce won 15 international caps for Scotland.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "William Erskine Bryce". ESPN scrum.
- ^ a b c "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Willie Bryce - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
- ^ "Register". Retrieved 19 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
Categories:
- 1983 deaths
- 1901 births
- Rugby union players from Greater Manchester
- Sportspeople from Bolton
- Scotland international rugby union players
- Scotland men's international field hockey players
- Scottish male field hockey players
- Scottish rugby union players
- Selkirk RFC players
- South of Scotland District (rugby union) players
- Rugby union scrum-halves
- 20th-century Scottish sportsmen