Ernie Bryan

{{Short description|Welsh footballer (1926–2008)}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Ernie Bryan

| image =

| fullname = Ernest Newton Bryan

| height =

| birth_date = {{Birth date |df=y|1926|6|6}}

| birth_place = Hawarden, Wales

| death_date = {{death date and age|2008|3||1926|6|6|df=y}}

| death_place = Flintshire, Wales

| currentclub =

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| position = Full back

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Chester

| years1 = 1949

| years2 =

| clubs1 = Chester

| clubs2 = Colwyn Bay

| caps1 = 1

| goals1 = 0

}}

Ernest Bryan (6 June 1926 - March 2008) was a Welsh footballer.{{Hugman|2546|accessdate=8 June 2015}}

Bryan made one peacetime appearance in The Football League for Chester, when he replaced regular right back Reg Butcher in a 3–3 draw at Darlington in January 1949.Sumner (1997), stats section (1948-49) A product of the club's youth policy,Sumner (1997), p 136 he had earlier featured in wartime league matches for the club.Sumner (1997), stats section (1945-46 and 1946-47)

After leaving Chester, Bryan moved to Colwyn Bay.