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Billy Wright (footballer, born 1924) William Ambrose Wright CBE (6 February 1924 – 3 September 1994) was an English footballer who played as a centre-back. He spent his entire club career at Wolverhampton Wanderers. The first footballer in the world to earn 100 international caps, Wright also held the record for longest unbroken run in ...
Nov 8, 2021 · The Coalbrookdale Works Welfare Football Club in the 1927-1928 season. Billy is the little boy, far right with his mother, Annie. Front row, seated, far left, is his dad, Tommy Wright. "I could ...
Feb 5, 2024 · Billy Wright shadows a young Bobby Charlton – Wolves v Manchester United at Molineux, September 28, 1957. For a small, fair-haired lad, who enjoyed kickabouts on Gorby's Bridge at Madeley Wood ...
Willian Ambrose Wright, better known as Billy Wright, was born in Ironbridge on 6th February 1924. The son of a Coalbrookdale Iron Foundry worker he grew up to become a local footballing hero. Spotted by Mr Simpson at Madeley Senior School, Billy scored 10 goals on his debut at centre forward.
Mar 22, 2005 · Yet the young William Ambrose Wright had to fight hard to become a professional footballer - and prove a few people wrong along the way. Born in Ironbridge on 6 February 1924, Billy was the son of ...
Sep 26, 2020 · Billy Wright died, of cancer, in 1994, aged 70, less than a year after the disease had claimed West Ham’s greatest player, aged just 51. Even then, though, these two great old clubs were connected since West Ham’s next home game, following Bobby Moore’s death, came on 6 March 1993 – against Wolves. Sad and poignant as it was, that day ...
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Sep 4, 1994 · More about. William Ambrose Wright, footballer, football manager, television executive: born Ironbridge, Shropshire 6 February 1924; played for Wolverhampton Wanderers 1938-58; capped 105 times ...
