Stephen Thomas Wright (born July 17, 1942) is a former American football offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for five different teams. He also played for the Chicago Fire of the WFL in 1974. He played college football at the University of Alabama. He never started a game for Alabama, but was drafted in the fifth round of the 1964 draft, by the Green Bay Packers along with the New York Jets in the eighth round; although New York offered a blank check, the prospect of playing for Green proved to factor in his decision.[1] Wright played in 101 games in nine seasons in the NFL, but never started.
No. 72, 78, 75, 73, 62 | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Position: | Offensive tackle | ||||||
Personal information | |||||||
Born: | (1942-07-17) July 17, 1942 (age 80) Louisville, Kentucky | ||||||
Height: | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 250 lb (113 kg) | ||||||
Career information | |||||||
High school: | Louisville (KY) Manual | ||||||
College: | Alabama | ||||||
NFL Draft: | 1964 / Round: 5 / Pick: 69 | ||||||
AFL Draft: | 1964 / Round: 8 / Pick: 59 | ||||||
Career history | |||||||
| |||||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||||
| |||||||
Career NFL statistics | |||||||
| |||||||
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR | |||||||
He is the author of I'd Rather be Wright: Memoirs of an Itinerant Tackle (1974, with William Gildea and Kenneth Turan), a fly-on-the wall look at the pro football world of the late 1960s and early 1970s.
In 1969, Wright was the model for the NFL Man of the Year Award (which was changed to honor Walter Payton in 1999), which was sculpted by Daniel Bennett Schwartz; the award still bears Wright's likeness to this day. Wright worked as a salesman for veterinary pharmaceuticals and insurance before retiring, and he now lives in Augusta, Georgia.[2][3]
1961 Alabama Crimson Tide football—AP & UPI national champions | |
---|---|
|
Green Bay Packers 1964 NFL Draft selections | |
---|---|
|
Green Bay Packers 1965 NFL champions | |
---|---|
|
Green Bay Packers Super Bowl I champions | |
---|---|
| |
| |
|
Green Bay Packers Super Bowl II champions | |
---|---|
| |
| |
|
General | |
---|---|
National libraries |
![]() | This biographical article relating to an American football offensive lineman born in the 1940s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |