Jon Wright (footballer)

Jon Wright
Personal information
Full name Jonathan Wright[1]
Date of birth (1925-01-30)30 January 1925[1]
Place of birth Newburn, Northumberland, England
Date of death February 2015 (aged 90)
Playing position Inside forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1947–1949 Darlington 17 (0)
1949–19?? Horden Colliery Welfare
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Jonathan "Jon" Wright (30 January 1925 – February 2015) was an English footballer who played as an inside forward in the Football League for Darlington.[1] He made his debut on 1 March 1947, standing in for Charlie Stubbs at inside right in a 4–1 win against Rochdale, and made three more appearances towards the end of that season. He had a run of 11 matches at the end of the following season, and played his final first-team match in September 1948.[2] He went on to play for North-Eastern League club Horden Colliery Welfare.[3]

Wright was born in Newburn, Northumberland.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "John Wright". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  2. ↑ Tweddle, Frank (2000). The Definitive Darlington F.C. Nottingham: SoccerData. pp. 43–45. ISBN 978-1-899468-15-7.
  3. ↑ "Horden ready for off". Sunderland Echo. 6 August 1949. p. 7 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).


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