John Stewart Wright

Jackie Wright
Personal information
Full name John Stewart Wright
Date of birth 1890
Place of birth Port Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death 1956 (aged 65–66)
Place of death Port Glasgow, Scotland
Position(s) Centre half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1908–1911 Port Glasgow Athletic Juniors
1911–1924 Greenock Morton 389 (20)
International career
1913–1919 Scottish League XI 4 (0)
1917[1] Scottish League (wartime) 1 (0)
1918–1919 Scotland (wartime) 3 (1)
Managerial career
1927–1929 Greenock Morton
1934–1939 Greenock Morton
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Stewart Wright (1890 – 1956) was a Scottish footballer who played for Morton as a centre half, making over 400 appearances for the club between 1911 and 1925.[2] He was also the club's manager in two spells, between 1927 and 1929, and 1934 and 1939.[3]

He initially played for hometown club Port Glasgow Athletic Juniors, and was selected twice for Scotland at that level in 1910 before moving up to the senior leagues with Morton.[4] A large part of his career was interrupted by World War I (during which the club won the War Fund Shield in 1915 and were finalists in 1918.[5][6] After the resumption of regular competitions he was in the team which claimed the Scottish Cup in 1922,[7] the only major honour in Morton's history.

Wright was selected four times for the Scottish Football League XI[8] and appeared in three wartime internationals,[9][10] but never gained a full official cap for Scotland.

See also

References

  1. ^ Association Football. War Funds Match | The Army XI, 4; Scottish League, 3., The Glasgow Herald, 21 May 1917
  2. ^ [A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players], John Litster / Scottish Football Historian magazine, October 2012
  3. ^ Morton manager Wright, Jackie, FitbaStats
  4. ^ Mainly About Players. The Scottish Referee, 21 August 1911. Scan via London Hearts Supporters Club
  5. ^ Football: War Shield Final, Glasgow Herald, 29 April 1915
  6. ^ Association football: War Fund Shield, Final Tie, Glasgow Herald, 6 May 1918 (via The Celtic Wiki)
  7. ^ "Scottish Cup Final – Morton's First Victory", Glasgow Herald, Glasgow, p. 4, 17 April 1922
  8. ^ (SFL player) John Stewart Wright, London Hearts Supporters Club
  9. ^ "[Scotland player, including unofficial matches] John Stewart Wright". London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  10. ^ Scotland v England 2–0 (International: June 8, 1918), 9 June 1918 (via Play Up, Liverpool)


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