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

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. Bryant started his career with

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after joining from his local side Cockfield, based in

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. He made his league debut for Wolves on 3 December 1932 in a 5–2 win over

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, the first of a run of four starts. After one further appearance the following season, he left to join

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. He left Wrexham for

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, and scored on his debut for them in a Second Division match against

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on 3 November 1934. He went on to make 157 appearances for United, scoring 42 goals.Manchester Utd stats at stretfordend.co.uk
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