Geoff Wright

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]

For the Wigan Athletic midfielder, see Jeff Wright (footballer). For the New Zealand cricketer, see Geoff Wright (cricketer).

Geoff Wright
Personal information
Full name Geoffrey Derrick Wright[1]
Date of birth (1930-03-01)1 March 1930[1]
Place of birth Countesthorpe,[1] England
Date of death 2011 (aged 81)
Place of death Leicester, England
Position(s) 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]

References
  1. "Geoff Wright". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  2. "Wright, Geoff D." Aston Villa Player Database. Jörn Mårtensson. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  3. Edwards, Leigh. "Ultimate Saddlers A–Z 19". Walsall F.C. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012.
  4. "Nuneaton Borough 1945–1958 – Part 2". From Town to Town: Nuneaton's Footballing Heritage (PDF). Nuneaton Town Supporters Co-operative. 2015. pp. 316, 324. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  5. "Nuneaton Town/Borough Statistics". From Town to Town: Nuneaton's Footballing Heritage (PDF). Nuneaton Town Supporters Co-operative. 2018. pp. 116–117, 122–123. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  6. Carder, Tim; Harris, Roger (1997). Albion A–Z: A Who's Who of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Hove: Goldstone Books. p. 272. ISBN 978-0-9521337-1-1.
  7. "Signings". Rugby Advertiser. 23 July 1954. p. 3. The Town have signed Geoff Wright (24), inside forward, who was one of their players in the season 1951–52, when he was transferred to Walsall for £250. Last season he assisted Nuneaton Borough. His father is Steve Wright, the ex-Bolton player.
  8. "Wright, Geoffrey Derrick b. 1930, GRO Reference: DOR Q4/2011 in LEICESTER (600-1B) Entry Number 505915807". GRO Index. Retrieved 16 January 2022.


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