Bryan Gossman
Bryan Murray Gossman (5 May 1951 – 28 October 2022) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He played as a fly-half.[1]
| Birth name | Bryan Murray Gossman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 5 May 1951 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Ardrossan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 28 October 2022 (aged 71) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Ardrossan Academy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Strathclyde University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Jimmy Gossman (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Judy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Wealth management | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby Union career
Amateur career
He studied at Ardrossan Academy when leaving initially played for their former pupils side Ardrossan Academicals.[2]
He joined West of Scotland in 1972, where he played for the remainder of his career.[3]
Provincial career
He played for Glasgow District.[4]
International career
He was capped for Scotland 'B' on 1 December 1979 against Ireland, playing alongside his brother Jimmy Gossman.[5]
Bryan Gossman gained 3 caps for Scotland, from 1980 to 1983, scoring 2 drop goals, 6 points on aggregate. He played all these games at the Five Nations Championship, one in 1980 and two in 1983, when he scored his two drop goals.[6]
Business career
Gossman graduated in economics and economic history from the University of Strathclyde.[2]
He became a trainee bank manager at the Saltcoats Bank of Scotland, before moving on to Bristol and West and then the Dunfermline Building Society.[3]
He later became a senior partner at St James's Place Wealth Management.[3]
He became the treasurer of the North Ayrshire Conservatives. A short-lived related group called the Irvine Unionist Club were fined £400 for not declaring £100,000 gifted to the Scottish Conservative campaign in 2016 via the North Ayrshire Conservative and Unionist Association, after a 'dark money' investigation. Gossman had stated the money went to 'the central party in Edinburgh'.[7] A motion was raised in the Scottish Parliament for the Conservatives to explain the cash donation by the Green MSP Ross Greer.[8]
Family
His brother Jimmy Gossman was also capped for Scotland.[1]
Death
Gossman died on 28 October 2022, aged 71.[3]
References
- Bath, p138
- "Locals pay tribute to Scottish Rugby international and 'true gentleman'". Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald.
- "Bryan Gossman obituary". SRU Website. Archived from the original on 12 December 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
- "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- "Bryan Murray Gossman". ESPN scrum.
- "Major Scottish Tory funders fined over illegal donation". openDemocracy.
- "North Ayrshire Tories face probe after mysterious cash donation". Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald.
- Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany, Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6