Researching Bruce Seals
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 280 people with the Seals surname? In that year Seals was ranked number 3299 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Bruce means "Woodlands" and is of French origin.
Records of Bruce Seals on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Bruce Seals and the Seals Genealogy
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 254 people with the Seals surname in the UK? Seals is now ranked number 3803 for popularity in the UK. |
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Some Famous People called Bruce Seals
Bruce Seals
Bruce A. Seals (June 18, 1953 – December 15, 2020) was an American basketball player in the American Basketball Association (ABA) and the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Seals was drafted in the first round by the Utah Stars, playing two seasons in the ABA before being selected in the second round of the 1975 NBA draft by the Seattle SuperSonics. He played three seasons in the NBA.
Seals' career spanned five seasons, two leagues, primarily at the power forward position. Due to a variety of issues, he retired from the NBA in 1978. Seals did a stint in the Italian League after leaving the NBA.
In his later years, Seals worked with the Boys and Girls Clubs of America, teaching inner city youth the power of the game. He had been with the Boys and Girls Clubs of Dorchester since 1990.
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