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.Scotland. The Essential History of Rugby Union. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Book Publishing. 2003
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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