Gordon Wright (footballer)

Gordon Wright
Gordon Wright in 1912
Personal information
Full name Edward Gordon Dundas Wright
Date of birth (1884-10-03)3 October 1884
Place of birth Englefield Green, England
Date of death 5 June 1947(1947-06-05) (aged 62)
Place of death Johannesburg, South Africa
Height 5 ft 10+1⁄2 in (1.79 m)[1]
Position(s) Outside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1904–1906 Cambridge University (0)
1906–191? Hull City 1
International career
1909–1912 England amateur 20 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Olympic medal record
Men's football
Representing  Great Britain
Gold medal – first place 1912 Stockholm Team competition

Edward Gordon Dundas Wright (3 October 1884 – 5 June 1947) was an English amateur footballer who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics, being part of the English team, who won the gold medal in the football tournament. He played one match in this team.[2] He was the captain of Hull City team for seven seasons in a row.[3]

Club career

After attending St Lawrence College in Ramsgate, Wright went up to Queen's College in Cambridge, where he soon earned a place in the University XI for three years (1904–06), where he stood out for his excellent ball control and tactical knowledge as an outside left.[2] On leaving Cambridge, he accepted a post at Hymer's College in Hull, teaching Natural History and Science, and in the same year, he was elected captain of Hull City for whom he played 152 league games.[2] After obtaining his degree at Cambridge, Wright later graduated from the Royal School of Mines and in 1913 he went to South Africa as a mining engineer where, apart from a brief spell in America, he spent the rest of his life.

International career

Wright was the first Hull City player to be capped for the England national team, receiving his only cap in a 1–0 win over Wales on 19 March 1906.[4]

Between 1909 and 1912, he won 20 amateur caps for the England amateur team, netting 4 goals and being a member of the English amateur team that represented Great Britain at the football tournament of the 1908 Summer Olympics.[5]

International goals

England Amateurs score listed first, score column indicates score after each Wright goal.
List of international goals scored by Gordon Wright[5]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref
1 22 May 1909 Stade de FGSPF, Gentilly, France  France
?
 11–0 Friendly
[6]
2 14 April 1911 Viktoria field, Berlin-Mariendorf, Germany  Germany
2–2
 2–2
[7]
3 16 March 1912 Anlaby Road, Hull, England  Netherlands
4–0
 4–0
[8]
4 9 November 1912 County Ground, Swindon, England  Belgium
3–0
 4–0
[9]

References

  1. ^ "Gordon Wright". englandfootballonline.com. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "Gordon Wright". Olympedia. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  3. ^ "So near, yet so far...". City Magazine (34). Hull City AFC: 52–55. June 2008.
  4. ^ "Gordon Wright, international footballer". Eu-football.info. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  5. ^ a b "England Matches – The Amateurs 1906-1939". englandfootballonline.com. Archived from the original on 28 March 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  6. ^ "France v England, 22 May 1909". 11v11.com. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Germany v England, 14 April 1911". 11v11.com. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  8. ^ "England v Netherlands, 16 March 1912". 11v11.com. Archived from the original on 1 July 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  9. ^ "England v Belgium, 09 November 1912". 11v11.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2022.


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