Tommy Bryce

Who is Tommy Bryce?

Tommy Bryce is a Scottish former association football player. Bryce had a playing career spanning 21 seasons from 1980-81 with Scottish Football League clubs Kilmarnock, Stranraer, Queen of the South of Dumfries, Clydebank, Ayr United and Arbroath. Bryce also served as player-manager of Partick Thistle during the 1998–99 season. As of May 2009, he was manager of junior club Kilbirnie Ladeside.

Bryce was signed for Queen of the South by manager Nobby Clark. He is referred to at Queen of the South as 'Tommy Bryce Mark 2' to avoid confusion with the Tommy Bryce who played for Queens in the 1970s. When Bryce was later interviewed for the Queen of the South website, among those he named as the best players he played beside were George Cloy, Jimmy Robertson, Alan Davidson and Jim Thomson.

The appointment of Bryce as Partick Thistle's player/manager in 1998 came as a surprise. He failed to turn the club's fortunes around that season, however, and he was replaced by John Lambie in March 1999.

Bryce holds the world record for the quickest hat trick in a football match at 1 minute and 46 seconds, doing so for Queen of the South.