Brynley William "Bryn" Allen (23 March 1921 – 21 July 2005) was a Welsh footballer who played as an inside forward for various clubs in the 1940s and 1950s and made two appearances for Wales.

Football career

Allen was born in Gilfach Goch, Glamorgan and as a schoolboy attracted the attention of several football League clubs, including Manchester United, where he had an unsuccessful trial. On leaving school, he was employed in the Trave Colliery before signing for Swansea Town when he was 16. He had not broken into Swansea's first team before his career was interrupted by the Second World War.

During the war, he joined the Royal Navy where he served on board the HMS Duke of York on convoy duty. Whilst serving on the Duke of York, he took part in a football match at Scapa Flow against a team from the French battleship Richelieu.

After he was demobilised at the end of the war, he was signed by Cardiff City in December 1945. Described as a "clever and skillful player with an excellent body swerve", Allen soon became a regular with Cardiff and his 18 goals helped them to promotion at the end of the first post-war Football League campaign. Allen, however, did not remain long in the Second Division and was transferred to Newport County in October 1947.

Coordinates: 53°29′56″N 2°39′25″W / 53.499°N 2.657°W / 53.499; -2.657

Bryn (which is Welsh for hill) is a component ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. It is part of the larger town of Ashton-in-Makerfield and is geographically indistinguishable from it, but forms a separate local council ward. The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 11,662. Served by Bryn railway station, Bryn is home to the Three Sisters Recreation Area which has been created from three large spoil tips which remain from Bryn's role in Lancashire's coal mining past. The recreation area is also the site of the Three Sisters Race Circuit, which provides race driving instruction and plays host to kart racing events and motorcycle road race meetings at clubman level.

The former Bryn (or Brynne) Hall was the seat of the Gerard family beginning in the thirteenth century or earlier. It was a "safe house" for the English Roman Catholic martyr and saint Edmund Arrowsmith and his hand was reportedly preserved there after his execution. The house, dating to the fourteenth century, has now completely collapsed and remaining stones been cleared.

Bryn is a village situated east of Llanelli in Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is part of the Llanelli Rural community, and it borders the villages of Llwynhendy, Llangennech, Dafen, Penceilogi, and Pemberton.

It is mainly a suburban area with surrounding farm land to the north and east.

Coordinates: 51°41′10″N 4°06′20″W / 51.6860°N 4.1055°W / 51.6860; -4.1055

Bryn (the Welsh word for hill or mound) can refer to:

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