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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Bryan Murray Gossman (5 May 1951 – 28 October 2022) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He played as a fly-half. [1]
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]
He played for Glasgow District. [4]
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]
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]
His brother Jimmy Gossman was also capped for Scotland. [1]
Gossman died on 28 October 2022, aged 71. [3]
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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bryan Murray Gossman (5 May 1951 – 28 October 2022) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He played as a fly-half. [1]
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]
He played for Glasgow District. [4]
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]
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]
His brother Jimmy Gossman was also capped for Scotland. [1]
Gossman died on 28 October 2022, aged 71. [3]