Arthur Wright (footballer)
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Arthur William Tempest Wright[1] | ||
Date of birth | 23 September 1919 | ||
Place of birth | Burradon, England | ||
Date of death | 27 May 1985 | (aged 65)||
Place of death | Burradon, England | ||
Position(s) | Left half | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1937–1955 | Sunderland | 270 | (13) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Arthur William Tempest Wright (23 September 1919 – 27 May 1985) was an English footballer who played as a left half. A former England schoolboy international,[2] Wright spent his entire club career with Sunderland. After retiring, he joined the club's coaching staff.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Arthur Wright". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ "Sunderland AFC Player Profile". Archived from the original on 17 October 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
- ^ "Career statistics". Retrieved 5 January 2011.
Categories:
- 1919 births
- English men's footballers
- Sunderland A.F.C. players
- 1985 deaths
- Men's association football wing halves
- English Football League players
- English Football League representative players
- Sunderland A.F.C. non-playing staff
- Footballers from Northumberland
- 20th-century English sportsmen
- English football midfielder, 1910s birth stubs