Duncan Wright

For the British long-distance runner, see Dunky Wright.

Duncan Livingston Wright (28 August 1940 – 1 May 2023) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the first part of the 1960s.

Duncan Wright
Personal information
Full name	Duncan Livingston Wright
Born	(1940-08-28)28 August 1940 Finley, New South Wales
Died	1 May 2023(2023-05-01) (aged 82) Heidelberg, Victoria
Original team	Alphington Amateurs
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb)
Position	Half back flank
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1960, 1963–65	Collingwood	23 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1965.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

A half back flanker, Wright made his VFL debut mid year in 1960 after arriving at the club from Alphington. He had to wait until 1963 to make another senior appearance and in 1964 was a member of Collingwood's losing grand final side.

Wright is best remembered for an incident in the opening quarter of the 1965 preliminary final when he knocked his opponent John Somerville of Essendon unconscious behind play. Somerville missed the following week's grand final which Essendon won while Wright never played in the VFL again after being sacked at preseason training in 1966. He instead moved to Canberra and became coach of Acton.

Duncan had two daughters, Fiona and Suzi. He died in Heidelberg, Victoria on 1 May 2023, at the age of 82.^[1][2]