Robert Bruce (19 June 1922 â 16 June 2001) was a Scotland international rugby union player.
He played for Gordonians. He was the first Gordonians player to be capped for Scotland.
Bruce was capped for North of Scotland District.
He played for the combined North of Scotland District side (a defacto North and Midlands side) in their match against Australia in October 1947.
He turned out for the Scotland Probables side on 20 December 1947.
He was capped 4 times for Scotland in the period 1947 to 1948.
He was the North of Scotland district secretary for many years.
He joined Aberdeen Savings Bank at the age of 18, and became manager of their Stornoway branch in 1952.
While in Stornoway he founded Stornoway RFC.