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English footballer This article is about the footballer born in 1913 who played for Wrexham and Manchester United. For other people called Billy Bryant, see William Bryant (disambiguation).
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Billy Bryant
Personal information
Full name William Bryant
Date of birth (1913-11-26)26 November 1913
Place of birth Shildon, County Durham, England
Date of death 25 December 1975(1975-12-25) (aged 62)
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Outside right
Youth career
Cockfield
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1931–1933 Wolverhampton Wanderers 5 (0)
1933–1934 Wrexham 40 (11)
1934–1945 Manchester United 148 (44)
1941–1942 → Chester (guest)
1945–1946 Bradford City 0 (0)
Altrincham
Stalybridge Celtic
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Bryant (26 November 1913 – 25 December 1975) was an English footballer.

Bryant started his career with Wolverhampton Wanderers after joining from his local side Cockfield, based in County Durham. He made his league debut for Wolves on 3 December 1932 in a 5–2 win over Blackburn Rovers, the first of a run of four starts. After one further appearance the following season, he left to join Wrexham.

He left Wrexham for Manchester United, and scored on his debut for them in a Second Division match against Blackpool on 3 November 1934. He went on to make 157 appearances for United, scoring 42 goals.

Career statistics

Club Season League FA Cup Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Manchester United 1934–35 24 6 2 0 0 0 26 6
1935–36 21 8 1 0 0 0 22 8
1936–37 37 10 2 0 0 0 39 10
1937–38 39 12 4 0 0 0 43 12
1938–39 27 6 0 0 0 0 27 6
Total 148 42 9 0 0 0 157 42

References

  1. Manchester Utd stats at stretfordend.co.uk
  2. "THE WEBSITE OF DREAMS". stretfordend.co.uk. Archived from the original on 5 October 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2018.


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