| Tommy Wright | |
| Fullname: | Thomas Wright |
| Birth Date: | 20 January 1928 |
| Birth Place: | Clackmannan, Scotland |
| Death Place: | Sunderland, England |
| Position: | Right winger |
| Youthclubs1: | Blairhall Colliery |
| Years1: | 1946–1949 |
| Caps1: | 35 |
| Goals1: | 20 |
| Years2: | 1949–1955 |
| Clubs2: | Sunderland |
| Caps2: | 170 |
| Goals2: | 52 |
| Years3: | 1955–1957 |
| Clubs3: | East Fife |
| Caps3: | 36 |
| Goals3: | 18 |
| Years4: | 1957 |
| Caps4: | 7 |
| Goals4: | 2 |
| Totalcaps: | 248 |
| Totalgoals: | 92 |
| Nationalyears1: | 1952–1953 |
| Nationalteam1: | Scotland |
| Nationalcaps1: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Thomas Wright (20 January 1928 – 5 May 2011[1]) was a Scottish footballer who played for Sunderland and the Scotland national football team as a midfielder.
He started his professional footballing career with Partick Thistle, where he made 35 appearances scoring 20 goals ranging from 1946 until 1949.[2] From Partick Thistle, he joined Sunderland in 1949,[2] and made his debut on 12 March 1949 against Portsmouth in a 4–1 defeat at Roker Park.[3] He was part of the Sunderland team that finished third in the 1949–50 season and played regularly.[4] Overall, in his Sunderland career he scored 51 goals in 170 league appearances,[5] before moving to East Fife in 1955,[2] in a deal seeing Charlie Fleming going the other way.[4] He made 36 appearances scoring 18 goals during 1955 to 1957 at his time at East Fife.[2] He then moved to Oldham Athletic in 1957 where he made 7 appearances and scored 2 goals in a single season.[2] He then moved on a short spell to North Shields before retiring in 1957.[6]
Wright won his first international cap for Scotland against Wales in a 2–1 on 18 October 1952 at Ninian Park.[7] He won two further caps for his country, making it three in total, without scoring a goal.[8] A regular at the "Whitegates Comrie" until he was taken to a retirement home in Sunderland.