{{short description|Scotland international rugby union player}} {{BLP sources|date=December 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Jimmy Gossman | image = | caption = | birth_name = James Stockbridge Gossman | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|09|25|df=y}} | birth_place = Irvine, Scotland | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | position = Centre | repteam1 = Scotland 'B' | repteam2 = Scotland | repyears1 = 1979-80 | repyears2 = 1980 | repcaps1 = 2 | repcaps2 = 1 | reppoints1 = 0 | reppoints2 = 0 | ru_ntupdate = | years1 = | apps1 = | points1 = | province1 = Glasgow District | provinceyears1 = | provinceapps1 = | provincepoints1 = | amatteam1 = West of Scotland | amatyears1 = | coachteams1 = | coachyears1 = | relatives = Bryan Gossman, brother }}
'''Jim Gossman''' (born 25 September 1955) is a former Scotland international rugby union player.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/scotland/rugby/player/9112.html|title=James Stockbridge Gossman|publisher=ESPN scrum}}</ref><ref name=Bath1>Bath, p138</ref>
==Rugby Union career==
===Amateur career===
He played for West of Scotland FC.<ref name=Bath1/><ref name="auto">{{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}}</ref>
He played for a Saltires side in the Melrose Sevens in 1980; they beat Clarkston in the First Round 22–14, and beat Cambuslang 24–0 in the Second Round, but were beaten in the semi-finals by Melrose 20–10.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003423/19800404/070/0070|title=|via=British Newspaper Archive}}</ref>
===Provincial career===
He played for Glasgow District.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
===International career===
He was capped for Scotland 'B' twice, his first cap against Ireland 'B' on 1 December 1979.<ref name="auto"/>
He was capped for Scotland once in 1980, against England.<ref name=Bath1/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/statsguru/rugby/player/9112.html|title=Rugby Union – ESPN Scrum – Statsguru – Player analysis – Jim Gossman – Test matches|publisher=ESPN scrum}}</ref>
==Family==
His brother Bryan Gossman was also capped for Scotland.<ref name=Bath1/>
==References==
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;Sources {{refbegin}} * Bath, Richard (ed.) ''The Scotland Rugby Miscellany'' (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 {{ISBN|1-905326-24-6}}) {{refend}}
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