Billy Wright (footballer, born 1900)
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William Bulloch Wright | ||
| Date of birth | 1900 | ||
| Place of birth | Sheffield, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8+3⁄4 in (1.75 m)[1] | ||
| Positions | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1921–1922 | Southend United | ||
| 1922–1933 | Bolton Wanderers | 154 | (21) |
| 1933–1938 | Reading | ||
| 1938–1939 | Rouen | 0 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1938–1939 | Rouen | ||
| 1946 | Leyton Orient (caretaker) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
William Bulloch Wright (born 1900) was an English footballer who played as a wing half or inside forward. He played in the Football League for Bolton Wanderers[2] (spending a decade with the club, though only a regular for a few seasons – he did not feature in any of their three FA Cup Final victories in the period)[3] and Reading[4] (five seasons, making 193 appearances in all competitions).[3]
He then moved to France to become manager of Rouen for the 1938–39 season[5] (also registered as a player, he made no competitive appearances)[6] but with the team threatened with relegation, he was replaced by compatriot Sid Kimpton prior to the last round of league fixtures.[6] Wright then returned to England and was a trainer – and briefly caretaker manager in 1946 – of the newly renamed Leyton Orient,[7] later following namesake Billy P. Wright to Chingford Town in 1948.[8]
His father, Scotsman Jocky Wright, was also a footballer who played for several clubs across Britain including Bolton Wanderers and Sheffield Wednesday, where he was based when Billy was born;[9] his brother Doug Wright (17 years younger and born in Southend-on-Sea where the family settled) played for Newcastle United and Lincoln City and was capped by England in 1938.[10]
