Eric Bryant (footballer)

Eric Bryant
Personal information
Full name Eric Bryant[1][2]
Date of birth (1921-11-18)18 November 1921
Place of birth Birmingham, England
Date of death December 1995 (1996-01) (aged 74)
Place of death Poole, Dorset, England
Playing position Centre forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1946–1948 Mansfield Town 35 (17)
1948–1949 Yeovil Town
1949–1951 Plymouth Argyle 11 (4)
1951–1952 Leyton Orient 12 (1)
Chelmsford City
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Eric Bryant (18 November 1921 – December 1995) was a footballer who played league football for Mansfield Town, Plymouth Argyle and Leyton Orient.

He is also notable for scoring the winning goal for non-league Yeovil Town in their FA Cup victory against Sunderland in 1949. In October 1949, Bryant was signed by Plymouth from Yeovil for a fee of £3,000.[3]

References

  1. Eric Bryant at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  2. "Eric Bryant". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  3. "London Win Triangular Match: Nankeville Fails in Effort to Break Record". The Manchester Guardian. 6 October 1949. p. 3. (Subscription required (help)).
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