Bruce Hay

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Bruce Hamilton Hay (23 May 1950 – 1 October 2007) was a Scottish 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 engineer for the National Coal Board. Latterly he worked as a sales representative.

Rugby career

Hay was a fullback and gained 23 international caps for Scotland^[1] and also represented the British Lions and the Barbarians. He started his rugby career at junior club Liberton RFC, a team he captained at the age of 18,^[2] and while there represented Edinburgh, this was an astonishing feat for a junior club player and his tough tackling reputation was sealed.^[3] He then moved to Boroughmuir in 1972 where he went on to gain international recognition.

Factfile

Position: full-back
Clubs: Liberton, Boroughmuir (from 1972). 279 appearances for Boroughmuir.
International debut: 14 June 1975 v New Zealand in Auckland. Lost 24-0
Final appearance: 20 June 1981 v New Zealand in Auckland. Lost 40-15
Scotland caps: 23. Tries: 3
Lions Tests: 3 (on 1980 South Africa tour). Tries: 1 (v South Africa)
Coaching: Boroughmuir, Edinburgh, Scotland B, Scotland Under-19s.^[4]

Death

He was diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2005 and died on 1 October 2007, aged 57.^[5]

References

↑ "Bruce Hay - Scotland Rugby Player". Sporting Heroes. 2007-10-01.
↑ "He was all heart and deserving of all the accolades that came his way". The Scotsman. 2007-10-02.
↑ "Obituaries - Bruce Hay". The Scotsman. 2007-10-02.
↑ "Tributes pour in for Bruce Hay - a great rugby ambassador". The Scotsman. 2007-10-02.
↑ "Rugby pays tribute to Bruce Hay". BBC Sport. 2007-10-01.

External links

Obituary in The Times, 13 October 2007

v t e British and Irish Lions – 1977 New Zealand tour

Forwards	Beaumont Brown Cotton Cobner Duggan T. Evans Faulkner Horton Keane Martin Neary Orr Price Quinnell Squire Wheeler C. Williams Windsor

Backs	Bennett (c) Bevan Burcher G. Evans Fenwick Gibson Hay Irvine Lewis McGeechan Morgan Rees B. Williams J. Williams

Coach	Dawes

v t e British and Irish Lions – 1980 South Africa tour

Forwards	Beattie Beaumont (c) Blakeway Colclough Cotton Lane Martin O'Driscoll Orr Phillips Price Quinnell Squire Stephens Tomes Tucker Wheeler C. Williams G. Williams

Backs	Campbell Carleton Davies Dodge Gravell Hay Holmes Irvine Morgan O'Donnell Patterson Rees Renwick Richards Robbie Slemen Smith Ward Woodward

Coach	Murphy

Persondata
Name	Hay, Bruce Hamilton
Alternative names
Short description	Scottish rugby union player
Date of birth	23 May 1950
Place of birth
Date of death	1 October 2007
Place of death

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