Bob Wright (Scottish footballer)

Robert Cooper Allen Wright (20 February 1913 – 27 May 1998) was a Scottish footballer who played as a left half. He made over 20 Football League appearances in the years before the Second World War.[1][2]

Bob Wright
Personal information
Full name Robert Cooper Allen Wright
Date of birth (1913-02-20)20 February 1913
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death 27 May 1998(1998-05-27) (aged 85)
Place of death Great Missenden, England
Position(s) Left half
Youth career
Horden Colliery Welfare
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1937–1947 Charlton Athletic 28 (0)
Managerial career
1947–1949 Charlton Athletic assistant manager
1949–1950 Bristol City manager
1951–1952 Bristol Rovers assistant manager
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Wright played locally for Horden Colliery Welfare; he signed for Charlton Athletic in May 1937 for £100. He made 28 appearances for Charlton before the Second World War. Wright spent much of the war abroad but did make 47 wartime appearances for Charlton and 19 for Middlesbrough. Wright retired from playing in 1947.[3]

Wright became assistant manager to Jimmy Seed at Charlton Athletic in September 1947.[3] He was appointed Bristol City manager in April 1949. He complained that he was not given a free hand by the Bristol City board of directors and resigned in June 1950.[4][5] He was a licensee in Bristol until joining Bristol Rovers as assistant manager to Bert Tann in July 1951 leaving that post again in July 1952. He became the licensee of the "White Hart" in Lower Maudlin Street, Bristol.[3]

References
  1. Joyce, Michael (2002). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. SoccerData. ISBN 1-899468-63-3.
  2. "Bob Wright". Scotland's People. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  3. Turner, Dennis; White, Alex (1993). Breedon Book of Football Managers. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-873626-32-0.
  4. Woods, David; Edwards, Leigh (1997). Bristol City FC The First 100 years. Redcliffe Press. ISBN 1-900178-26-5.
  5. Woods, David (1994). Bristol Babe The First 100 years of Bristol City FC. Yore Publications. ISBN 1-874427-95-X.
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