Jack Wright | |
Fullname: | John Thomas Wright |
Birth Date: | 4 May 1878 |
Birth Place: | Mansfield, Victoria |
Death Place: | Preston, Victoria |
Originalteam: | Queenscliff Garrison |
Position: | Fullback |
Statsend: | 1906 |
Years1: | 1902–06 |
Games Goals1: | 53 (8) |
John Thomas Wright (4 May 1878 – 11 June 1968) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
The son of Isaiah 'Wild' Wright (1849-1911) who famously fought Ned Kelly in a bare knuckle fight at Beechworth on 8 August 1874, and Bridget Wright, née Lloyd (1855-1884), John Thomas Wright was born at Mansfield, Victoria on 4 May 1878.