Bryan Gossman

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Bryan Gossman
Birth nameBryan Murray Gossman
Date of birth(1951-05-05)5 May 1951
Place of birth Ardrossan
Date of death28 October 2022(2022-10-28) (aged 71)
School Ardrossan Academy
University Strathclyde University
Notable relative(s) Jimmy Gossman (brother)
Occupation(s) Wealth management
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fly-half
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1970-72 Ardrossan Academicals ()
1972-84 West of Scotland ()
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Glasgow District ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1979-80 Scotland 'B' 2 (0)
1980–83 Scotland 3 (6)

Bryan Murray Gossman (5 May 1951 – 28 October 2022) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He played as a fly-half. [1]

Contents

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

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]

Provincial career

He played for Glasgow District. [4]

International career

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]

Business career

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]

Family

His brother Jimmy Gossman was also capped for Scotland. [1]

Death

Gossman died on 28 October 2022, aged 71. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Bath, p138
  2. 1 2 "Locals pay tribute to Scottish Rugby international and 'true gentleman'". Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Bryan Gossman obituary". SRU Website . Archived from the original on 12 December 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  4. ↑ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  5. ↑ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  6. ↑ "Bryan Murray Gossman". ESPN scrum.
  7. ↑ "Major Scottish Tory funders fined over illegal donation". openDemocracy.
  8. ↑ "North Ayrshire Tories face probe after mysterious cash donation". Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald.


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