| Billy Wright | |
| Fullname: | William Bulloch Wright |
| Height: | [1] |
| Birth Date: | 1900 |
| Birth Place: | Sheffield, England |
| Years1: | 1921–1922 |
| Clubs1: | Southend United |
| Years2: | 1922–1933 |
| Clubs2: | Bolton Wanderers |
| Caps2: | 154 |
| Goals2: | 21 |
| Years3: | 1933–1938 |
| Clubs3: | Reading |
| Years4: | 1938–1939 |
| Clubs4: | Rouen |
| Caps4: | 0 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | – |
| Manageryears1: | 1938–1939 |
| Managerclubs1: | Rouen |
| Manageryears2: | 1946 |
| Managerclubs2: | Leyton Orient (caretaker) |
William Bulloch Wright (born 1900) was an English footballer who played as a wing half or inside forward. He played in the Football League for Bolton Wanderers[2] (spending a decade with the club, though only a regular for a few seasons – he did not feature in any of their three FA Cup Final victories in the period)[3] and Reading[4] (five seasons, making 193 appearances in all competitions).[3]
He then moved to France to become manager of Rouen for the 1938–39 season[5] (also registered as a player, he made no competitive appearances) but with the team threatened with relegation, he was replaced by compatriot Sid Kimpton prior to the last round of league fixtures.[6] Wright then returned to England and was a trainer – and briefly caretaker manager in 1946 – of the newly renamed Leyton Orient,[7] later following namesake Billy P. Wright to Chingford Town in 1948.[8]
His father, Scotsman Jocky Wright, was also a footballer who played for several clubs across Britain including Bolton Wanderers and Sheffield Wednesday, where he was based when Billy was born;[9] his brother Doug Wright (17 years younger and born in Southend-on-Sea where the family settled) played for Newcastle United and Lincoln City and was capped by England in 1938.[10]
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