| David Bruce |
 David Bruce was probably born in the 1860s or early 1870s, in Scotland. * The midfielder signed for Thistle in August, 1891. He made his first known appearance on Saturday, 29th August, 1891, in a 6-5 friendly defeat away to Queen's Park. David scored his first-known goal for Thistle on Saturday, 27th February, 1892, in a 2-2 draw away to Glasgow Thistle in the Scottish Alliance. He scored the last of his 7 known goals on Wednesday, 15th August, 1894, in a 1-1 friendly draw at home to Third Lanark. He played his last known game for the club on Saturday, 27th April, 1895, in a 6-0 friendly win at home to Neilston, having clocked up at least 124 appearances for the Thistle. His known club-list included only Partick Thistle. We don't know where or when David died. *
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27.02.1892 Glasgow Thistle [a] D2-2 (Scottish Alliance - game 16) |
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06.08.1892 Celtic [h] W5-2 (Friendly) |
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24.09.1892 Johnstone [h] W3-1 (Scottish Cup 2nd Preliminary Round) |
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11.03.1893 Airdrieonians [a] D2-2 (Scottish Alliance - game 12) |
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14.10.1893 Morton [h] W5-2 (SFL Second Division - game 5) |
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25.11.1893 Northern [h] W4-3 (SFL Second Division - game 9) |
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15.08.1894 Third Lanark [h] D1-1 (Friendly) |
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