{{short description|American baseball player}} {{Infobox baseball biography | name = Allen Bryant | image = Allen Lefty Bryant.jpg | position = Pitcher | birth_date = {{Birth date|1918|3|29|mf=y}} | birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1992|3|22|1918|3|29|mf=y}} | death_place = Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. | bats = Left | throws = Left | debutleague = Negro league baseball | debutdate = | debutyear = 1937 | debutteam = Memphis Red Sox | finaldate = | finalyear = 1946 | finalteam = Memphis Red Sox | statyear = | statleague = | stat1label = | stat1value = | stat2label = | stat2value = | stat3label = | stat3value = | teams = * Memphis Red Sox (1937) * Kansas City Monarchs (1940–1941, 1946) * Memphis Red Sox (1946) }}
'''Allen Bryant Jr.''' (March 29, 1918 – March 22, 1992), nicknamed "'''Lefty'''", was an American Negro league pitcher who played between 1937 and 1946.
A native of Chicago, Illinois, Bryant attended Lincoln High School in Kansas City, Missouri.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=bryan01all |title=Allen Bryant |publisher=seamheads.com |date= |accessdate=August 4, 2020}}</ref> He made his Negro league debut in 1937 for the Memphis Red Sox, and went on to play for the Kansas City Monarchs in 1940 and 1941.
Bryant served as a sergeant in the US Army in World War II.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.baseballinwartime.com/negro.htm |title=Negro Leaguers Who Served With The Armed Forces in WWII |publisher=baseballinwartime.com |date= |accessdate=August 4, 2020}}</ref> After returning from his service, he again twirled for both Memphis and Kansas City in 1946, and later played minor league baseball in Canada.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.nlbpa.com/the-athletes/bryant-allen---lefty |title=Allen 'Lefty' Bryant |publisher=nlbpa.com |date= |accessdate=August 4, 2020}}</ref> Bryant died in Kansas City in 1992 at age 73.
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==External links== {{Baseballstats|br=b/bryanal01}} and [https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=bryan01all Seamheads]
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