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{{Short description|English footballer (born 1934)}}
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{{Use British English|date=April 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Bryan Douglas
| image = Bryan Douglas.jpg
| caption = Douglas in 1959
| fullname = 
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1934|5|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Blackburn]], England
| height = 
| position = [[Winger (association football)|Winger]]
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = 
| years1 = 1952–1969
| clubs1 = [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]]
| caps1 = 438
| goals1 = 102
| nationalyears1 = 1956–1957
| nationalteam1 = [[England national under-23 football team|England U23]]
| nationalcaps1 = 5
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 1956
| nationalteam2 = [[England national football B team|England B]]
| nationalcaps2 = 1
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 1957–1963
| nationalteam3 = [[England national football team|England]]
| nationalcaps3 = 36
| nationalgoals3 = 11
| nationalyears4 = 1965
| nationalteam4 = [[United Kingdom national football team|United Kingdom]]
| nationalcaps4 = 1
| nationalgoals4 = 2
}}

'''Bryan Douglas''' (born 27 May 1934) is an English former [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Winger (association football)|winger]]. 

During his career, Douglas played for [[Blackburn Rovers]] from 1954 to 1969, totalling 438 league appearances and 100 goals. He also earned 36 caps and scored 11 goals for [[England national football team|England]]. He appeared in two [[FIFA World Cup|World Cups]], in [[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958]] and [[1962 FIFA World Cup|1962]], appearing in all of England's matches in the two tournaments.

In November 2012, the Darwen End stand of [[Ewood Park]] was renamed [[Ewood Park#The Bryan Douglas Darwen End|The Bryan Douglas Darwen End]] in honour of Douglas. He said of the tribute: "The first person to congratulate me was [[Ronnie Clayton (footballer, born 1934)|Ronnie]]'s wife Val. He is at [[Ewood Park#The Ronnie Clayton Blackburn End|one end of the ground]] and I'm at the other end and long may that continue. We were great friends. They have put me at the right end as well. I was born just 400 yards away from the Darwen End. It is a really proud moment."<ref name=Ewood>[https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/10024763.Douglas_full_of_pride_after_being_handed_Blackburn_Rovers_honour/ Douglas full of pride after being handed Blackburn Rovers honour] Lancashire Telegraph, 3 November 2012</ref>

In February 2019, Douglas was one of the first seven players to be inducted into the club's Hall of Fame.<ref name=HOF>[https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2019/february/a-night-to-remember-for-the-immortals/ Rovers legends inducted into Hall of Fame] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190718043227/https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2019/february/a-night-to-remember-for-the-immortals/ |date=18 July 2019 }} www.rovers.co.uk, 17 July 2019</ref>

==Honours==
'''Blackburn Rovers'''
*[[FA Cup]] runner-up: [[1959–60 FA Cup|1959–60]]<ref>{{cite book |first1=Leslie |first2=Jack |last1=Vernon |last2=Rollin |title=Rothmans Football Yearbook 1977–78 |year=1977 |publisher=Brickfield Publications Ltd |location=London |isbn=0354-09018-6 |page=490}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.bbc.co.uk/lancashire/sport/brfc/bryan_douglas.shtml Blackburn Legend: Bryan Douglas]{{Dead link|date=June 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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{{England squad 1958 FIFA World Cup}}
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{{Blackburn Rovers F.C. Hall of Fame}}

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[[Category:1934 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:English men's footballers]]
[[Category:England men's international footballers]]
[[Category:England men's under-23 international footballers]]
[[Category:1958 FIFA World Cup players]]
[[Category:1962 FIFA World Cup players]]
[[Category:Blackburn Rovers F.C. players]]
[[Category:Great Harwood F.C. players]]
[[Category:English Football League players]]
[[Category:Footballers from Blackburn]]
[[Category:English Football League representative players]]
[[Category:Men's association football wingers]]


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