Birth Date: | 19 March 1930 |
Birth Place: | Ramsgate, England |
Death Date: | [1] |
Position: | Right-back |
Height: | [2] |
Youthyears1: | 1948–1949 |
Youthclubs1: | Thanet Press |
Clubs1: | Ramsgate Athletic |
Caps1: | 0 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Years2: | 1950–1951 |
Clubs2: | Margate |
Years3: | 1951–1958 |
Clubs3: | West Ham United |
Caps3: | 161 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 1958–1962 |
Clubs4: | Leyton Orient |
Caps4: | 87 |
Goals4: | 1 |
Years5: | 1962 |
Clubs5: | Gillingham |
Caps5: | 4 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Years6: | 1962–1963 |
Clubs6: | Ramsgate Athletic |
George Wright (19 March 1930 – 7 September 2000) was an English footballer who played as a right-back.
Wright was born in Ramsgate, Kent and began his career at Ramsgate Athletic. He played for Margate, where he made 22 appearances, before joining West Ham United in February 1951.[2]
Wright made his League debut for West Ham in an away loss against Hull City on 1 September 1951, along with Margate teammate Doug Bing and Bert Hawkins.[3] He went on to make 161 League, and 9 cup appearances for the east London club, and played his last game for the Irons on 22 March 1958 against Grimsby Town.[4]
He was a part of the London XI team that lost 6–0 to Barcelona on 1 May 1958.[5]
He moved to Leyton Orient in the summer of 1958,[4] and played for Gillingham in 1962–63, before returning to Ramsgate.