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Duff Bruce
Personal information
Full name	Duff Morrison Bruce
Date of birth	27 August 1898
Place of birth	Aberdeen, Scotland
Date of death	1972 (aged 74)
Place of death	Aberdeen, Scotland
Height	5 ft 9+1⁄2 in (1.77 m)
Position(s)	Left back
Senior career*
Years	Team
1920–1922	Charlton Athletic
1922–1928	Aberdeen
1928–1929	Charlton Athletic
1929	Brechin City
1930	Forres Mechanics
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Duff Morrison Bruce MM (27 August 1898 – 1972) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Scottish League for Aberdeen and Brechin City as a left back.^[1]^[3]

Personal life

Bruce was born in Aberdeen and moved to New Cross in 1910.^[4] He served in the Royal Horse Artillery during the First World War and saw action at the Somme, Arras, Vimy Ridge and Messines on the Western Front.^[4] His unit subsequently moved to the Italian front and he spent two months out of the frontline with scabies in early 1918.^[4] Despite a poor disciplinary record, which saw him demoted from lance bombardier to gunner, Bruce won the Military Medal during the course of his service.^[5] His career was effectively ended in 1928, when he lost an eye during a brawl at a coffee stall in Aberdeen.^[5] After his retirement from football, Bruce lived with his wife in Milltimber and worked as an engineer.^[4]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Aberdeen	1922–23^[3]	Scottish First Division	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	1923–24^[3]		5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
	1924–25^[3]		14	0	6	0	0	0	20	0
	1925–26^[3]		34	0	8	0	0	0	42	0
	1926–27^[3]		32	0	1	0	2^[a]	0	35	0
	1927–28^[3]		9	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
	Total		95	0	15	0	2	0	112	0
Brechin City	1929–30^[1]	Scottish Second Division	5	0	―		―		5	0
Career total			100	0	15	0	2	0	117	0

^ Appearances in Dewar Shield

Honours

Aberdeen

Dewar Shield: 1926^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
^ ^a ^b "Statutory registers – Deaths – Search results". ScotlandsPeople. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Duff Bruce". Aberdeen Football Club Heritage Trust. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Duff Morris Bruce – Soldier, Scrapper & Addick". Charlton Athletic Museum. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Five out of Six Came Home – Charlton Athletic and the Aftermath of War". University of Wolverhampton. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
^ "AFC – Match Report". Aberdeen Football Club Heritage Trust. Retrieved 11 February 2020.

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