| Walter Bruce | |
| Position: | Centre half |
| Birth Date: | 29 November 1873[1] |
| Birth Place: | Bonhill, Scotland |
| Death Date: | [2] |
| Death Place: | Glasgow, Scotland |
| Youthclubs1: | Bonhill Rovers |
| Years1: | 1891–1895 |
| Clubs1: | Vale of Leven |
| Years2: | 1895–1898 |
| Clubs2: | Renton |
| Caps2: | 33 |
| Goals2: | 1 |
| Years3: | 1898–1906 |
| Clubs3: | St Mirren |
| Caps3: | 116 |
| Goals3: | 10 |
| Years4: | – |
| Totalcaps: | 149 |
| Totalgoals: | 11 |
| Nationalyears1: | 1902–1903 |
| Nationalteam1: | Scottish League XI |
| Nationalcaps1: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Walter Bruce (29 November 1873 – 1 February 1941) was a Scottish footballer who played for Vale of Leven, Renton and St Mirren as a centre half.[3] [4] His elder brother Daniel was also a footballer who won the English FA Cup with Notts County in 1894 and later played for St Mirren, possibly being involved in Walter's move there in 1898[3] after Renton resigned from the Scottish Football League earlier that season.
He never took part in a major final, reaching the semi-final stage of the Scottish Cup once with Renton (in 1896) and three times with St Mirren (1898, 1900, 1901).[4] [5] He did win the Dumbartonshire Cup with Renton in 1896[6] and played in the 1903 Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup final which St Mirren lost 5–2 to Celtic.[7] From the next season, he lost his regular place in the Buddies side to Robert Robertson.[4] He made 140 appearances for the Paisley team in the two major competitions and scored 13 goals.[8]
Bruce was selected for the Scottish Football League XI in 1902 and 1903, facing the Irish League XI on both occasions.[3] [9] [10]
He continued to live in his birthplace of Bonhill and worked in the Singer Corporation sewing machine factory in Clydebank until his death in 1941.[3]