Personal information | |||
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Full name | Thomas Wright [1] | ||
Date of birth | 20 January 1928 | ||
Place of birth | Clackmannan, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 5 May 2011 | (aged 83)||
Place of death | Sunderland, England | ||
Position(s) | Right winger | ||
Youth career | |||
Blairhall Colliery | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1946–1949 | Partick Thistle | 35 | (20) |
1949–1955 | Sunderland | 170 | (52) |
1955–1957 | East Fife | 36 | (18) |
1957 | Oldham Athletic | 7 | (2) |
North Shields | |||
Total | 248 | (92) | |
International career | |||
1952–1953 | Scotland | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Thomas Wright (20 January 1928 – 5 May 2011 [2]) was a Scottish footballer who played for Sunderland and the Scotland national football team as a midfielder.
He started his professional footballing career with Partick Thistle, where he made 35 appearances scoring 20 goals ranging from 1946 until 1949. [3] From Partick Thistle, he joined Sunderland in 1949, [3] and made his debut on 12 March 1949 against Portsmouth in a 4–1 defeat at Roker Park. [4] He was part of the Sunderland team that finished third in the 1949–50 season and played regularly. [5] Overall, in his Sunderland career he scored 51 goals in 170 league appearances, [6] before moving to East Fife in 1955, [3] in a deal seeing Charlie Fleming going the other way. [5] He made 36 appearances scoring 18 goals during 1955 to 1957 at his time at East Fife. [3] He then moved to Oldham Athletic in 1957 where he made 7 appearances and scored 2 goals in a single season. [3] He then moved on a short spell to North Shields before retiring in 1957. [7]
Wright won his first international cap for Scotland against Wales in a 2–1 on 18 October 1952 at Ninian Park. [8] He won two further caps for his country, making it three in total, without scoring a goal. [9] A regular at the "Whitegates Comrie" until he was taken to a retirement home in Sunderland.
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Thomas Wright [1] | ||
Date of birth | 20 January 1928 | ||
Place of birth | Clackmannan, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 5 May 2011 | (aged 83)||
Place of death | Sunderland, England | ||
Position(s) | Right winger | ||
Youth career | |||
Blairhall Colliery | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1946–1949 | Partick Thistle | 35 | (20) |
1949–1955 | Sunderland | 170 | (52) |
1955–1957 | East Fife | 36 | (18) |
1957 | Oldham Athletic | 7 | (2) |
North Shields | |||
Total | 248 | (92) | |
International career | |||
1952–1953 | Scotland | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Thomas Wright (20 January 1928 – 5 May 2011 [2]) was a Scottish footballer who played for Sunderland and the Scotland national football team as a midfielder.
He started his professional footballing career with Partick Thistle, where he made 35 appearances scoring 20 goals ranging from 1946 until 1949. [3] From Partick Thistle, he joined Sunderland in 1949, [3] and made his debut on 12 March 1949 against Portsmouth in a 4–1 defeat at Roker Park. [4] He was part of the Sunderland team that finished third in the 1949–50 season and played regularly. [5] Overall, in his Sunderland career he scored 51 goals in 170 league appearances, [6] before moving to East Fife in 1955, [3] in a deal seeing Charlie Fleming going the other way. [5] He made 36 appearances scoring 18 goals during 1955 to 1957 at his time at East Fife. [3] He then moved to Oldham Athletic in 1957 where he made 7 appearances and scored 2 goals in a single season. [3] He then moved on a short spell to North Shields before retiring in 1957. [7]
Wright won his first international cap for Scotland against Wales in a 2–1 on 18 October 1952 at Ninian Park. [8] He won two further caps for his country, making it three in total, without scoring a goal. [9] A regular at the "Whitegates Comrie" until he was taken to a retirement home in Sunderland.