Jon Wright | |
Fullname: | Jonathan Wright |
Birth Date: | 30 January 1925 |
Birth Place: | Newburn, Northumberland, England |
Death Place: | Durham, England |
Position: | Inside forward |
Years1: | 1947–1949 |
Caps1: | 17 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Years2: | 1949–19?? |
Jonathan Wright (30 January 1925 – 22 February 2015) was an English footballer who played as an inside forward in the Football League for Darlington. He made his debut on 1 March 1947, standing in for Charlie Stubbs at inside right in a 4–1 win against Rochdale, and made three more appearances towards the end of that season. He had a run of 11 matches at the end of the following season, and played his final first-team match in September 1948.[1] He went on to play for North-Eastern League club Horden Colliery Welfare.[2]
Wright was born in Newburn, Northumberland, in 1925 and died in Durham in 2015 at the age of 90.[3]