Career
Football Born in Prestbury, Boylen was playing non-league football with Ryder Brow when he signed a professional contract with. At Grimsby between 1966 and 1978, Boylen made 384 appearances in the Football League, scoring 34 goals in the process. He later played non-League football with Skegness Town.
Politics Boylen served as a Liberal Democrat councillor for the Freshney ward of North East Lincolnshire Council from 2007 to 2011.