William Bryant (born 1874) was an English-born

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who played as an outside forward in The Football League in the 1890s and 1900s. He began his Football League career with Rotherham Town in the 1894–95 season. Bryant subsequently moved to

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, and made his debut for them on 1 September 1896 against Gainsborough Trinity. He went on to make 123 appearances for United, scoring 33 goals.Manchester Utd stats at stretfordend.co.uk
/ref> Bryant moved to Blackburn Rovers after his spell at United, and made his league debut for Rovers in the 1900–01 season, going on to play 25 league games for them over the next two seasons.

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1874 births Men's association football outside forwards Rotherham Town F.C. (1878) players Manchester United F.C. players Blackburn Rovers F.C. players Year of death missing Footballers from Rotherham English men's footballers {{England-footy-forward-1870s-stub