| Joe Wright | |
| Fullname: | Joseph Wright |
| Position: | Goalkeeper |
| Birth Date: | 1907 |
| Birth Place: | Gateshead, England |
| Death Place: | Newton Abbot, England |
| Clubs1: | Birtley |
| Years2: | 1929–1930 |
| Clubs2: | Leicester City |
| Caps2: | 15 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 1930–1932 |
| Clubs3: | Torquay United |
| Caps3: | 69 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 1932–1934 |
| Caps4: | 14 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
Joseph Wright (1907 – 20 November 1936) was an English professional footballer who made nearly 100 Football League appearances playing as a goalkeeper for Leicester City, Torquay United and Brighton & Hove Albion.[1]
Wright was born in Gateshead in 1907. He was playing North-Eastern League football for Birtley when signed by Leicester City in 1929.[2] He played 15 First Division matches for Leicester as backup to Jim McLaren, the last of which was a 6–6 draw with Arsenal, before joining Torquay United in 1930[3] as a replacement for the retired Harold Gough and Archie Bayes. He missed just one match in the 1930–31 season and was an ever-present for the first 28 league fixtures of the following season, after which time Laurie Millsom took over as first choice. Wright joined Brighton & Hove Albion in 1932 as backup for Stan Webb, but his career was curtailed by ill-health and he retired in 1934 after 14 appearances in two seasons.[2]
He returned to Torquay where he bought a hotel, but his health worsened and he died in Newton Abbot, Devon, in 1936 at the age of 29.[2] [3]