Monty Wright | |
Fullname: | Herbert Montague Wright |
Birth Date: | 29 May 1931 |
Birth Place: | Scarcliffe, England |
Death Place: | Sutton-in-Ashfield, England |
Position: | Wing half |
Youthclubs1: | Bolsover Colliery |
Years1: | 1951–1953 |
Years2: | 1953–1954 |
Clubs1: | Leeds United |
Clubs2: | Stockport County |
Caps2: | 1 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Totalcaps: | 22 |
Totalgoals: | 4 |
Clubs3: | Chester |
Years3: | 1954–1955 |
Caps3: | 21 |
Goals3: | 4 |
Monty Wright (29 May 1931 – 6 April 2012) was an English footballer, who played as a left-footed wing half in the Football League in the 1950s for Stockport County and Chester City F.C.
Monty was in the Leeds United reserves team in 1952-53 and he played with John Charles and Jack Charlton. He retired early from football after suffering a detached retina eye injury. He later went on to run Monty's Newsagents in Farnsfield, Nottinghamshire for 15 years until 1992.[1] [2]