Geoff Wright
English footballer
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Geoffrey Derrick Wright (1 March 1930 – 2011) was an English professional footballer who played as an inside forward in the Football League for Walsall.[1] He was on the books of Sheffield Wednesday,[2] Aston Villa and Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic without playing league football for any of them,[1] and also appeared for Rugby Town, Nuneaton Borough and Hinckley Athletic.[3][4][5]
Full name
Geoffrey Derrick Wright[1]
Date of birth
1 March 1930[1]
Place of birth
Countesthorpe,[1] England
Date of death
2011 (aged 81)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Geoffrey Derrick Wright[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 1 March 1930[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Countesthorpe,[1] England | ||
| Date of death | 2011 (aged 81) | ||
| Place of death | Leicester, England | ||
| Position | Inside forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Sheffield Wednesday | 0 | (0) | |
| 194?–1951 | Aston Villa | 0 | (0) |
| 1951 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 0 | (0) |
| 1951–1952 | Rugby Town | ||
| 1952–1953 | Walsall | 16 | (1) |
| 1953–1954 | Nuneaton Borough | 32 | (17) |
| 1954–1956 | Rugby Town | ||
| 1956 | Nuneaton Borough | 11 | (3) |
| 1956–19?? | Hinckley Athletic | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
His father, Steve Wright, played league football for Bolton Wanderers, Norwich City and Brighton & Hove Albion in the 1920s.[6][7] Wright died in Leicester in 2011, at the age of 81.[8]
