About Bryce Allan
Lived 1859 – 1922 (aged 63). Bryce Allan was a rugby union player.
Bryce Allan (1 March 1859 – 22 August 1922) was a Scotland international rugby union player.
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
He played for Glasgow Academicals.
Provincial career
He played for Glasgow District in their inter-city match against Edinburgh District on 4 December 1880.
He played for West of Scotland District in their match against East of Scotland District on 5 February 1881.
International career
He was capped for Scotland just the once, in 1881, against Ireland.
Business career
He became a merchant and shipowner, along with his brothers Henry Allan and Richard Gilkinson Allan. They ran the Clyde firm, the Allan Line Steamship Company; founded by their grandfather Alexander Allan.
In 1905, he took a lease of the North Bute shootings.
The value of Allan's estate when he died was £224,358, 3 shillings and 10 pence.
Family
He was born to James Allan (1808-1880) and Eleanor Blair Gilkinson (1822-1868), one of 8 children. He married Anne Smiley Clark in 1886. They had 2 children; Annie Clark (Nita) Allan and James Bryce Allan.
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Who was Bryce Allan?
rugby player
When was Bryce Allan born?
Bryce Allan was born on 1 March 1859.
When did Bryce Allan die?
Bryce Allan died on 22 August 1922.
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Bryce Allan was a rugby union player.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Bryce Allan. https://biography.guide/bryce-allan/
MLA: "Bryce Allan." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/bryce-allan/.
Chicago: "Bryce Allan." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/bryce-allan/.
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