Subject(s): Billy Wright
Sport: Football
Location: Wolverhampton Wanderers FC, Molineux, Wolverhampton, West Midlands
Unveiled: 12/9/1996
Sculptor: James Butler
Material: Bronze
Status: In Situ
Inscription(s): Inscribed on plinth: BILLY WRIGHT CBE Plaque 1: WILLIAM AMBROSE WRIGHT BORN ON 6 FEBRUARY AT IRON BRIDGE, SHROPSHIRE. BILLY WRIGHT JOINED THE MOLINEUX GROUNDSTAFF IN 1938 AND MADE HIS FIRST SENIOR APPEARANCE FOR THE CLUB IN A WAR-TIME MATCH IN SEPTEMBER 1939. IN A PLAYING CAREER SPANNING 21 YEARS WITH 54 APPEARANCES FOR THE WOLVES, HE FIRST CAPTAINED THE TEAM IN THE 1947/48 SEASON AND LED THEM TO AN F.A. CUP FINAL VICTORY IN 1949 AND THREE LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP TITLES 1953/54, 1957/58 AND 1958/59. FOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR IN 1952, HE BECAME THE FIRST PLAYER EVER TO MAKE 100 APPEARANCES FOR HIS COUNTRY. IN TOTAL HE GAINED 105 INTERNATIONAL CAPS FOR ENGLAND AND CAPTAINED HIS COUNTRY ON A RECORD 90 OCCASIONS, INCLUDING THE FINAL STAGES OF THREE WORLD CUP CAMPAIGNS. IN RECOGNITION OF HIS OUTSTANDING SERVICES TO FOOTBALL HE WAS MADE A COMMANDER OF THE ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE IN 1959. AFTER BEING MANAGER OF THE ENGLAND YOUTH AND UNDER-25 TEAMS AND ARSENAL FOOTBALL CLUB, HE RETURNED TO WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS FOOTBALL CLUB IN 1990 AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD. HE DIED ON 3RD SEPTEMBER 1994.
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