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Dyken Bruce

Biography

Dyken was one of our original club members & players, and he also played for and captained Forfarshire during his career at Gayfield. He was a keen cricketer who started playing with local club Neptune as a wicketkeeper and he previously played football under the rugby rules prior to being involved in our formation. During his time at Gayfield, he was hailed for his superb heading ability as well as being strong in the tackle and of great judgement. In 1887 he moved to Andover, Mass, USA, where he worked for a manufacturing firm for 37 years prior to his…Read moreRead less
Dyken was one of our original club members & players, and he also played for and captained Forfarshire during his career at Gayfield.

He was a keen cricketer who started playing with local club Neptune as a wicketkeeper and he previously played football under the rugby rules prior to being involved in our formation. During his time at Gayfield, he was hailed for his superb heading ability as well as being strong in the tackle and of great judgement.

In 1887 he moved to Andover, Mass, USA, where he worked for a manufacturing firm for 37 years prior to his retirement in 1925.

Statistics

Apps
29
Goals
1
Yellow cards
-
Red cards
-
Goals/game
0.03
Minutes
2610
Seasons
9
SeasonAppsGoalsYellow cardsRed cards
1886-871000
1885-865000
1884-856000
1883-848000
1882-832000
1881-821000
1880-811000
1879-803000
1878-792100

Club spells

First Spell

Joined: 29 Jul 1878 · Left: 30 May 1887

Managers played under

ManagerFirst appearanceMost recent appearanceApps
Selection Committee28 Sep 187813 Nov 188629

Timeline

  1. Born

    Friockheim

  2. Signed

  5. Recorded contract end

  6. Died

    Andover, Massachusetts, USA

Appearances (29)

DateHomeScoreAwayCompetitionResult
13 Nov 1886 QotS Wanderers 8–2 Arbroath Scottish Cup1886-87 L
19 Dec 1885Neutral venue Arbroath 3–5 Dundee Harp Forfarshire Cup1885-86 L
14 Nov 1885 Hibernian 5–3 Arbroath Scottish Cup1885-86 L
10 Oct 1885 Montrose 1–7 Arbroath Forfarshire Cup1885-86 W
3 Oct 1885 Arbroath 9–1 Forfar Scottish Cup1885-86 W
26 Sep 1885 Arbroath 4–0 Strathmore D Forfarshire Cup1885-86 W
20 Dec 1884 Arbroath 1–8 Rangers Scottish Cup1884-85 L
15 Nov 1884 Arbroath 4–3 Rangers Scottish Cup1884-85 W
8 Nov 1884 Dundee Harp 5–3 Arbroath Forfarshire Cup1884-85 L
1 Nov 1884 Arbroath 2–2 Dundee Harp Forfarshire Cup1884-85 D
4 Oct 1884 Aberdeen (Old) 1–7 Arbroath Scottish Cup1884-85 W
13 Sep 1884 Arbroath 3–2 Dundee Harp Scottish Cup1884-85 W
22 Dec 1883Neutral venue Arbroath 2–1 Dundee Harp Forfarshire Cup1883-84 W
24 Nov 1883 Arbroath 2–1 Strathmore D Forfarshire Cup1883-84 W
27 Oct 1883 Dundee Harp 2–1 Arbroath Scottish Cup1883-84 L
20 Oct 1883 Arbroath 1–1 Dundee Harp Scottish Cup1883-84 D
6 Oct 1883 Arbroath 3–1 Dundee West E Forfarshire Cup1883-84 W
22 Sep 1883 Arbroath 4–1 Dundee Our B Forfarshire Cup1883-84 W
15 Sep 1883 Arbroath 7–0 Aberdeen (Old) Scottish Cup1883-84 W
8 Sep 1883 Arbroath 3–3 Aberdeen (Old) Scottish Cup1883-84 D
30 Sep 1882 Dunblane 3–1 Arbroath Scottish Cup1882-83 L
9 Sep 1882 Arbroath 4–3 Dundee East E Scottish Cup1882-83 W
10 Sep 1881 Arbroath 1–2 Dundee Our B Scottish Cup1881-82 L
23 Oct 1880 Arbroath 2–1 Rob Roy Scottish Cup1880-81 W
22 Nov 1879 South Western 4–0 Arbroath Scottish Cup1879-80 L
1 Nov 1879 Arbroath 6–1 Strathmore D Scottish Cup1879-80 W
20 Sep 1879 Arbroath 5–1 Dundee Our B Scottish Cup1879-80 W
9 Nov 1878 Hearts 2–1 Arbroath Scottish Cup1878-79 L
28 Sep 1878 Arbroath 3–0 Dundee Our B Scottish Cup1878-79 W

Goals scored (1)

DateHomeScoreAwayCompetitionResultMinute
28 Sep 1878 Arbroath 3–0 Dundee Our B Scottish Cup1878-79 W ?