Bruce Wallace "Scotty" Bierce (September 3, 1896 – April 26, 1982) was a professional
American football
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player and coach. He played for the
Akron Pros,
Buffalo All-Americans,
Cleveland Indians
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and
Cleveland Bulldogs
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of the
National Football League
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(NFL). Bierce won a league title in
1920 with the Pros and he won a second title in
1924
Events
January
* January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after.
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with the Bulldogs. Scotty also served as a
player-coach
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for the Pros in 1925. He played
college football at
University of Akron
The University of Akron is a public research university in Akron, Ohio. It is part of the University System of Ohio. As a STEM-focused institution, it focuses on industries such as polymers, advanced materials, and engineering. It is classifie ...
.
After his playing career ended, Briece became a prominent Akron attorney and a community leader.
The Bruce W. "Scotty" Bierce Athletic Scholarship Fund
The Bruce W. "Scotty" Bierce Athletic Scholarship Fund is an athletic scholarship at the
University of Akron
The University of Akron is a public research university in Akron, Ohio. It is part of the University System of Ohio. As a STEM-focused institution, it focuses on industries such as polymers, advanced materials, and engineering. It is classifie ...
. It was established in Scott's will and provides scholarships for deserving athletes at the University. Awards are made by the director of athletics in cooperation with the University Scholarship Committee.
Bierce excelled in football while at the University. He was inducted into the Summit County Sports Hall of Fame in 1957 and the University of Akron Sports Hall of Fame in 1975.
References
1896 births
1982 deaths
American football ends
Akron Pros coaches
Akron Pros players
Akron Zips football players
Buffalo All-Americans players
Cleveland Bulldogs players
Cleveland Indians (NFL 1923) players
Ohio lawyers
People from Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
Sportspeople from Summit County, Ohio
Players of American football from Akron, Ohio
People from Kearney, Nebraska
Coaches of American football from Ohio
20th-century American lawyers
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