Geoff Wright

For the Wigan Athletic midfielder, see Jeff Wright (footballer). For the New Zealand cricketer, see Geoff Wright (cricketer).

Geoffrey Derrick Wright (1 March 1930 – 2011) was an English professional footballer who played as an inside forward in the Football League for Walsall.^[1] He was on the books of Sheffield Wednesday,^[2] Aston Villa and Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic without playing league football for any of them,^[1] and also appeared for Rugby Town, Nuneaton Borough and Hinckley Athletic.^[3][4][5]

Geoff Wright

Personal information
Full name	Geoffrey Derrick Wright[1]
Date of birth	(1930-03-01)1 March 1930[1]
Place of birth	Countesthorpe,[1] England
Date of death	2011 (aged 81)
Place of death	Leicester, England
Position(s)	Inside forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Sheffield Wednesday	0	(0)
194?–1951	Aston Villa	0	(0)
1951	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	0	(0)
1951–1952	Rugby Town
1952–1953	Walsall	16	(1)
1953–1954	Nuneaton Borough	32	(17)
1954–1956	Rugby Town
1956	Nuneaton Borough	11	(3)
1956–19??	Hinckley Athletic
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

His father, Steve Wright, played league football for Bolton Wanderers, Norwich City and Brighton & Hove Albion in the 1920s.^[6][7] Wright died in Leicester in 2011, at the age of 81.^[8]