Tommy Wright (footballer, born 1928)

Thomas Wright (20 January 1928 – 5 May 2011[2]) was a Scottish footballer who played for Sunderland and the Scotland national football team as a midfielder.

Tommy Wright
Personal information
Full name Thomas Wright[1]
Date of birth 20 January 1928
Place of birth Clackmannan, Scotland
Date of death 5 May 2011(2011-05-05) (aged 83)
Place of death Sunderland, England
Playing position(s) Right winger
Youth career
Blairhall Colliery
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1946–1949 Partick Thistle 35 (20)
1949–1955 Sunderland 170 (52)
1955–1957 East Fife 36 (18)
1957 Oldham Athletic 7 (2)
North Shields
Total 248 (92)
National team
1952–1953 Scotland 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

He started his professional footballing career with Partick Thistle, where he made 35 appearances scoring 20 goals ranging from 1946 until 1949.[3] From Partick Thistle, he joined Sunderland in 1949,[3] and made his debut on 12 March 1949 against Portsmouth in a 4–1 defeat at Roker Park.[4] He was part of the Sunderland team that finished third in the 1949–50 season and played regularly.[5] Overall, in his Sunderland career he scored 51 goals in 170 league appearances,[6] before moving to East Fife in 1955,[3] in a deal seeing Charlie Fleming going the other way.[5] He made 36 appearances scoring 18 goals during 1955 to 1957 at his time at East Fife.[3] He then moved to Oldham Athletic in 1957 where he made 7 appearances and scored 2 goals in a single season.[3] He then moved on a short spell to North Shields before retiring in 1957.[7]

International career

Wright won his first international cap for Scotland against Wales in a 2–1 on 18 October 1952 at Ninian Park.[8] He won two further caps for his country, making it three in total, without scoring a goal.[9] A regular at the "Whitegates Comrie" until he was taken to a retirement home in Sunderland.

References
  1. "Tommy Wright". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  2. "Obituary of Tommy Wright". The Scotsman. 25 May 2011. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
  3. "Tommy Wright". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 1 August 2008.
  4. "Sunderland 1-4 Portsmouth". The Stat Cat. Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2008.
  5. "Tommy Wright". A Love Supreme. Retrieved 1 August 2008.
  6. "Tommy Wright". The Stat Cat. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2008.
  7. "OLDHAM ATHLETIC : 1946/47 - 2006/07". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 1 August 2008.
  8. "Sat 18 Oct 1952 Wales 1 Scotland 2". London Hearts. Retrieved 1 August 2008.
  9. "Thomas Wright". London Hearts. Retrieved 1 August 2008.
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