Bruce Hay

Bruce Hay
Birth name	Bruce Hamilton Hay
Date of birth	23 May 1950
Place of birth	Edinburgh, Scotland
Date of death	1 October 2007 (aged 57)
Place of death	Edinburgh, Scotland
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	full-back
Amateur team(s)
Years	Team
–	Liberton
1972–	Boroughmuir
Provincial / State sides
Years	Team
–	Edinburgh District
International career
Years	Team
1975-81	Scotland
Coaching career
Years	Team
–	Boroughmuir
–	Edinburgh
–	Scotland B
–	Scotland Under-19s

Bruce Hamilton Hay (23 May 1950 – 1 October 2007) was a Scotland international rugby union player.

Background

Hay was born in Edinburgh and educated at Liberton High School. From there he went on to work as an electrical engineer for the National Coal Board. Latterly he worked as a sales representative.

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Hay was a fullback. He started his rugby career at junior club Liberton, a team he captained at the age of 18,^[2] He then moved to play for Boroughmuir.

He helped Boroughmuir win the Scottish Unofficial Championship in 1973; and was still in their side when they won the Melrose Sevens in 1976.^[3]

Provincial career

While still at Liberton he was capped by Edinburgh District. This was an astonishing feat for a junior club player and his tough tackling reputation was sealed.^[4] He carried on representing the district when he moved to Boroughmuir.

International career

It was when Hay moved to Boroughmuir in 1972 that he went on to gain international recognition.

He gained 23 international caps for Scotland^[5] and also represented the British and Irish Lions on both their 1977 and 1980 tours, and the Barbarians.