Frank Wright (footballer)

Frank Wright

Personal information
Date of birth	October qtr, 1898
Place of birth	Birmingham, England
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position	Outside-right
Youth career
	Hamstead Colliery
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1920–1921	Southampton	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Frank Wright (born 1898) was an English footballer who made one Football League appearance at outside-right for Southampton in 1920.

Football career

Wright was born in Birmingham and played for Hamstead Colliery where he was spotted by a scout from Southampton. He joined the "Saints" in October 1920 and after scoring regularly for the reserves,^[1] he made his first-team debut on 11 December 1920, when he replaced Joe Barratt in a Third Division match at Grimsby Town. The team was soundly beaten 3–0, and Wright returned to the reserves together with Charlie Brown and Alec Campbell.^[2]

His brief taste of first-team football appeared to have dented his confidence, for Wright only managed one further goal in 26 subsequent reserve-team matches before he was released in May 1921.^[1]

References

1. Holley, Duncan; Chalk, Gary (1992). The Alphabet of the Saints. ACL & Polar Publishing. p. 376. ISBN 0-9514862-3-3.
2. Chalk, Gary; Holley, Duncan (1987). Saints – A complete record. Breedon Books. pp. 64–65. ISBN 0-907969-22-4.