Bruce Hay


Bruce Hamilton Hay 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 and also represented the British Lions on both their 1977 and 1980 tours, and the Barbarians. He started his rugby career at junior club Liberton RFC, a team he captained at the age of 18, and while there represented Edinburgh, this was an astonishing feat for a junior club player and his tough tackling reputation was sealed. He then moved to Boroughmuir in 1972 where he went on to gain international recognition.

Trivia

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