| Duff Bruce | |
| Full Name: | Duff Morrison Bruce |
| Birth Date: | 27 August 1898 |
| Birth Place: | Aberdeen, Scotland |
| Death Date: | 1972 (aged 74)[1] |
| Death Place: | Aberdeen, Scotland |
| Height: | 5ft 9+1/2in |
| Position: | Left back |
| Years1: | 1920–1922 |
| Clubs1: | Charlton Athletic |
| Caps1: | 0 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 1922–1928 |
| Clubs2: | Aberdeen |
| Caps2: | 96 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 1928–1929 |
| Clubs3: | Charlton Athletic |
| Caps3: | 0 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 1929 |
| Clubs4: | Brechin City |
| Caps4: | 5 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 1930 |
| Clubs5: | Forres Mechanics |
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.[2] [3]
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. His unit subsequently moved to the Italian front and he spent two months out of the frontline with scabies in early 1918. 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. After his retirement from football, Bruce lived with his wife in Milltimber and worked as an engineer.
| Season | League | National Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Aberdeen | 1922–23 | Scottish First Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1923–24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| 1924–25 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | |||
| 1925–26 | 34 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0 | |||
| 1926–27 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[6] | 0 | 35 | 0 | |||
| 1927–28 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||
| Total | 95 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 112 | 0 | |||
| Brechin City | 1929–30 | Scottish Second Division | 5 | 0 | ― | ― | 5 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 100 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 117 | 0 | |||
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