Tommy Wright was a
Scottish footballer who played for
Sunderland and the
Scotland national football team as a midfielder died he was , 83.
(born 20 January 1928 in
Clackmannan,
Scotland died 5 May 2011 in
Sunderland)
Club career
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]
International career
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.
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