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William Bulloch Wright (born 1900) was an English footballer who played as a wing half or inside forward. He played in the Football League for Bolton Wanderers[2] (spending a decade with the club, though only a regular for a few seasons – he did not feature in any of their three FA Cup Final victories in the period)[3] and Reading[4] (five seasons, making 193 appearances in all competitions).[3]

Billy Wright

Personal information
Full name	William Bulloch Wright
Date of birth	1900
Place of birth	Sheffield, England
Height	5 ft 8+3⁄4 in (1.75 m)[1]
Position(s)	Wing half Inside forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1921–1922	Southend United
1922–1933	Bolton Wanderers	154	(21)
1933–1938	Reading
1938–1939	Rouen	0	(0)
Teams managed
1938–1939	Rouen
1946	Leyton Orient (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He then moved to France to become manager of Rouen for the 1938–39 season[5] (also registered as a player, he made no competitive appearances)[6] but with the team threatened with relegation, he was replaced by compatriot Sid Kimpton prior to the last round of league fixtures.[6] Wright then returned to England and was a trainer – and briefly caretaker manager in 1946 – of the newly renamed Leyton Orient,[7] later following namesake Billy P. Wright to Chingford Town in 1948.[8]

His father, Scotsman Jocky Wright, was also a footballer who played for several clubs across Britain including Bolton Wanderers and Sheffield Wednesday, where he was based when Billy was born;[9] his brother Doug Wright (17 years younger and born in Southend-on-Sea where the family settled) played for Newcastle United and Lincoln City and was capped by England in 1938.[10]

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