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.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas Wright[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 20 January 1928 | ||
| Place of birth | Clackmannan, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 5 May 2011 (aged 83) | ||
| Place of death | Sunderland, England | ||
| 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) | |
| International career | |||
| 1952–1953 | Scotland | 3 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
editHe 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
editWright 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
edit- ^ "Tommy Wright". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
- ^ "Obituary of Tommy Wright". The Scotsman. 25 May 2011. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
- ^ a b c d e "Tommy Wright". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 1 August 2008.
- ^ "Sunderland 1-4 Portsmouth". The Stat Cat. Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2008.
- ^ a b "Tommy Wright". A Love Supreme. Retrieved 1 August 2008.
- ^ "Tommy Wright". The Stat Cat. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2008.
- ^ "OLDHAM ATHLETIC : 1946/47 - 2006/07". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 1 August 2008.
- ^ "Sat 18 Oct 1952 Wales 1 Scotland 2". London Hearts. Retrieved 1 August 2008.
- ^ "Thomas Wright". London Hearts. Retrieved 1 August 2008.