Bryan Gossman

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

Amateur career
He studied at Ardrossan Academy when leaving initially played for their former pupils side Ardrossan Academicals.

He joined West of Scotland in 1972, where he played for the remainder of his career.

Provincial career
He played for Glasgow District.

International career
He was capped for Scotland 'B' on 1 December 1979 against Ireland, playing alongside his brother Jimmy Gossman.

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.

Business career
Gossman graduated in economics and economic history from the 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.

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'. A motion was raised in the Scottish Parliament for the Conservatives to explain the cash donation by the Green MSP Ross Greer.

Family
His brother Jimmy Gossman was also capped for Scotland.

Death
Gossman died on 28 October 2022, aged 71.