# Bryan Gossman > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Bryan_Gossman > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Bryan_Gossman.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Gossman > Source revision: 1314382122 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Scotland rugby union player (1951–2022)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Bryan Gossman | image = | caption = | birth_name = Bryan Murray Gossman | birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1951|5|5}} | birth_place = [Ardrossan](/source/Ardrossan) | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2022|10|28|1951|5|5}} | death_place = | height = | weight = | position = [Fly-half](/source/Rugby_union_positions) | repteam1 = [Scotland 'B'](/source/Scotland_B_national_rugby_union_team) | repteam2 = [Scotland](/source/Scotland_national_rugby_union_team) | repyears1 = 1979-80 | repyears2 = 1980–83 | repcaps1 = 2 | repcaps2 = 3 | reppoints1 = 0 | reppoints2 = 6 | ru_ntupdate = | years1 = | apps1 = | points1 = | province1 = [Glasgow District](/source/Glasgow_District_(rugby_union)) | provinceyears1 = | provinceapps1 = | provincepoints1 = | amatyears1 = 1970-72 | amatteam1 = [Ardrossan Academicals](/source/Ardrossan_Academicals_RFC) | amatpps1 = | amatpoints1 = | amatyears2 = 1972-84 | amatteam2 = [West of Scotland](/source/West_of_Scotland_F.C.) | amatpps2 = | amatpoints2 = | coachteams1 = | coachyears1 = | occupation = [Wealth management](/source/Wealth_management) | relatives = [Jimmy Gossman](/source/Jimmy_Gossman) (brother) | school = [Ardrossan Academy](/source/Ardrossan_Academy) | university = [Strathclyde University](/source/Strathclyde_University) }} '''Bryan Murray Gossman''' (5 May 1951 – 28 October 2022) was a [Scotland](/source/Scotland_national_rugby_union_team) international [rugby union](/source/rugby_union) player. He played as a [fly-half](/source/Rugby_union_positions).Bath, p138 ==Rugby Union career== ===Amateur career=== He studied at [Ardrossan Academy](/source/Ardrossan_Academy) when leaving initially played for their former pupils side [Ardrossan Academicals](/source/Ardrossan_Academicals_RFC).{{Cite web|url=https://www.ardrossanherald.com/news/23091071.bryan-gossman-tributes-paid-former-scotland-rugby-international/|title=Locals pay tribute to Scottish Rugby international and 'true gentleman'|website=Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald |date=31 October 2022 }} He joined [West of Scotland](/source/West_of_Scotland_FC) in 1972, where he played for the remainder of his career. ===Provincial career=== He played for [Glasgow District](/source/Glasgow_District_(rugby_union)).{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PPM9AAAAIBAJ&sjid=7UgMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2788,3444077|title=The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}} ===International career=== He was capped for [Scotland 'B'](/source/Scotland_B_national_rugby_union_team) on 1 December 1979 against Ireland, playing alongside his brother [Jimmy Gossman](/source/Jimmy_Gossman).{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19791203&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|title=The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}} Bryan Gossman gained 3 caps for [Scotland](/source/Scotland_national_rugby_union_team), from 1980 to 1983, scoring 2 drop goals, 6 points on aggregate. He played all these games at the [Five Nations Championship](/source/Five_Nations_Championship), one in 1980 and two in 1983, when he scored his two drop goals.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/scotland/rugby/player/9080.html|title=Bryan Murray Gossman|website=ESPN scrum}} ==Business career== Gossman graduated in economics and economic history from the [University of Strathclyde](/source/University_of_Strathclyde). 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.{{cite web|url=https://scottishrugby.org/bryan-gossman/|title=Bryan Gossman obituary|website=[SRU Website](/source/Scottish_Rugby_Union)|date=29 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221212170652/https://scottishrugby.org/bryan-gossman/ |access-date=12 December 2022|archive-date=12 December 2022 }} He later became a senior partner at St James's Place Wealth Management. 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'.{{Cite web|url=https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-investigations/major-scottish-tory-donors-fined-over-illegal-donation/|title=Major Scottish Tory funders fined over illegal donation|website=openDemocracy}} A motion was raised in the Scottish Parliament for the Conservatives to explain the cash donation by the Green MSP [Ross Greer](/source/Ross_Greer).{{Cite web|url=https://www.ardrossanherald.com/news/15347228.north-ayrshire-tories-face-probe-after-mysterious-cash-donation/|title=North Ayrshire Tories face probe after mysterious cash donation|website=Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald |date=14 June 2017 }} ==Family== His brother [Jimmy Gossman](/source/Jimmy_Gossman) was also capped for Scotland. ==Death== Gossman died on 28 October 2022, aged 71. ==References== {{reflist}} {{refbegin}} * Bath, Richard (ed.) ''The Scotland Rugby Miscellany'', Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 {{ISBN|1-905326-24-6}} {{refend}} ==External links== *[http://en.espn.co.uk/scotland/rugby/player/9080.html Brian Gossman International Statistics] {{DEFAULTSORT:Gossman, Brian}} Category:1951 births Category:2022 deaths Category:Scottish rugby union players Category:Scotland international rugby union players Category:West of Scotland FC players Category:Glasgow District (rugby union) players Category:Ardrossan Academicals players Category:Scotland 'B' international rugby union players Category:Rugby union fly-halves Category:People from Ardrossan Category:Rugby union players from North Ayrshire Category:People educated at Ardrossan Academy Category:Alumni of the University of Strathclyde {{Scotland-rugbyunion-bio-1950s-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Bryan Gossman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Gossman) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Gossman?action=history)). 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