Harry Bruce McGregor was an Australian rules footballer who played with West Adelaide and South Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League.
10 Facts About Bruce McGregor
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Bruce McGregor's son Ken played for West Adelaide and was a successful tennis player.
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Bruce McGregor was recruited by West Adelaide in 1923 after attempts were made for his signature by both Norwood and Port Adelaide.
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Bruce McGregor played 102 games for West Adelaide between 1923 and 1929 and was appointed captain-coach of the team in 1926, leading them to the 1927 SANFL Premiership with a 10.10 to 8.10 win over North Adelaide at the Adelaide Oval.
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In 1926 and 1927 Bruce McGregor became the first and as of 2011 West Adelaide's only dual Magarey Medallist and the club's only player to win the award back-to-back.
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Bruce McGregor represented South Australia at the interstate level 22 times during his career.
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Records vary, but it is possible that Bruce McGregor won as many as six Best All Round Player Awards during his time at Westies.
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Bruce McGregor played just two games before standing down as a player but coached the club for the rest of the year with Souths 'winning' the wooden spoon by finishing eighth.
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Bruce McGregor then returned to West Adelaide to coach the team in 1937 but his three seasons in charge saw the Wests finish seventh in each season.
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Bruce McGregor's daughter Betty was born in 1927 on the day Bruce won his second Magarey Medal and son Ken McGregor was born on 1929 and who went on to play for both West Adelaide and South Australia with distinction in the 1950s.