Personal information | |||
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Full name | John Wright [1] | ||
Date of birth | 4 February 1873 | ||
Place of birth | Hamilton, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 1946 (aged 72–73) | ||
Place of death | Southend-on-Sea, England | ||
Position(s) | Inside forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1892–1893 | Hamilton Academical | ||
1893–1894 | Motherwell | 7 | (1) |
1894 | Hamilton Academical | ||
1894–1895 | Clyde | 18 | (4) |
1895–1898 | Bolton Wanderers | 85 | (14) |
1898–1902 | The Wednesday | 103 | (42) |
1902 | Hamilton Academical | 3 | (1) |
1902–1904 | Bolton Wanderers | 34 | (5) |
1904–1907 | Plymouth Argyle | 107 | (17) |
1907–1908 | Watford | 27 | (0) |
1908–1910 | Southend United | 56 | (10) |
Total | 440 | (94) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
John Wright (4 February 1873 – 1946) was a Scottish footballer who played in the Football League for Bolton Wanderers and The Wednesday, and the Southern League for Plymouth Argyle, Watford and Southend United. [2] [3] He was an inside forward. [1]
Wright was born in Hamilton. [1] [3] He began his career with Hamilton Academical [4] and played for Motherwell during their first Scottish Football League campaign [5] before returning to Hamilton (who had yet to join the SFL). [3] He then moved to Clyde, where he made 18 league appearances and scored four goals. [3] [6]
Wright switched to English football when he joined Bolton Wanderers in June 1895, and played regularly in his first three seasons with the club. [3] He was transferred to The Wednesday in November 1898 having scored 14 league goals in 85 games for Bolton. [2] [3] In his second season with Wednesday ( 1899–1900), Wright was the club's leading goalscorer and received a Football League Second Division winner's medal. [3] He scored 42 goals in 103 league appearances for Wednesday [1] [2] (and 110 and 43 including FA Cup ties). [7]
He returned to Hamilton in September 1902 [4] and then re-signed with Bolton the following month. [3] In two more seasons with the club, Wright played in 34 league games and scored five times. [1] Wright left the club in May 1904 and joined Plymouth Argyle, [2] [8] where he won the Western League First Division title in his second season. [2] A club handbook states that Wright was "always clever, frequently brilliant and has never been known to play a bad game." [2] He made 110 appearances for Argyle in all competitions and scored 17 goals before moving to Watford in May 1907. [2] [3] Wright played in 27 league games without scoring and then joined Southend United in May 1908. [3]
In two seasons with Southend, he scored ten goals in 56 league appearances. [3] Wright became the club's reserve team trainer in 1913 and went on to coach in the local area. [3] Wright died in Southend-on-Sea in 1946. [3]
He had two sons who were also footballers: Billy Wright played for Bolton and for Reading; [9] Doug Wright played mainly for Newcastle United and Lincoln City, and was capped by England in 1938. [4] [10]
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | John Wright [1] | ||
Date of birth | 4 February 1873 | ||
Place of birth | Hamilton, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 1946 (aged 72–73) | ||
Place of death | Southend-on-Sea, England | ||
Position(s) | Inside forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1892–1893 | Hamilton Academical | ||
1893–1894 | Motherwell | 7 | (1) |
1894 | Hamilton Academical | ||
1894–1895 | Clyde | 18 | (4) |
1895–1898 | Bolton Wanderers | 85 | (14) |
1898–1902 | The Wednesday | 103 | (42) |
1902 | Hamilton Academical | 3 | (1) |
1902–1904 | Bolton Wanderers | 34 | (5) |
1904–1907 | Plymouth Argyle | 107 | (17) |
1907–1908 | Watford | 27 | (0) |
1908–1910 | Southend United | 56 | (10) |
Total | 440 | (94) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
John Wright (4 February 1873 – 1946) was a Scottish footballer who played in the Football League for Bolton Wanderers and The Wednesday, and the Southern League for Plymouth Argyle, Watford and Southend United. [2] [3] He was an inside forward. [1]
Wright was born in Hamilton. [1] [3] He began his career with Hamilton Academical [4] and played for Motherwell during their first Scottish Football League campaign [5] before returning to Hamilton (who had yet to join the SFL). [3] He then moved to Clyde, where he made 18 league appearances and scored four goals. [3] [6]
Wright switched to English football when he joined Bolton Wanderers in June 1895, and played regularly in his first three seasons with the club. [3] He was transferred to The Wednesday in November 1898 having scored 14 league goals in 85 games for Bolton. [2] [3] In his second season with Wednesday ( 1899–1900), Wright was the club's leading goalscorer and received a Football League Second Division winner's medal. [3] He scored 42 goals in 103 league appearances for Wednesday [1] [2] (and 110 and 43 including FA Cup ties). [7]
He returned to Hamilton in September 1902 [4] and then re-signed with Bolton the following month. [3] In two more seasons with the club, Wright played in 34 league games and scored five times. [1] Wright left the club in May 1904 and joined Plymouth Argyle, [2] [8] where he won the Western League First Division title in his second season. [2] A club handbook states that Wright was "always clever, frequently brilliant and has never been known to play a bad game." [2] He made 110 appearances for Argyle in all competitions and scored 17 goals before moving to Watford in May 1907. [2] [3] Wright played in 27 league games without scoring and then joined Southend United in May 1908. [3]
In two seasons with Southend, he scored ten goals in 56 league appearances. [3] Wright became the club's reserve team trainer in 1913 and went on to coach in the local area. [3] Wright died in Southend-on-Sea in 1946. [3]
He had two sons who were also footballers: Billy Wright played for Bolton and for Reading; [9] Doug Wright played mainly for Newcastle United and Lincoln City, and was capped by England in 1938. [4] [10]