Jocky Wright
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Wright | ||
| Date of birth | 4 February 1873 | ||
| Place of birth | Hamilton, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 1946 (aged 72–73) | ||
| Place of death | Southend-on-Sea, England | ||
| Playing position | Inside forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| – | Hamilton Academical | ||
| – | Motherwell | ||
| – | Hamilton Academical | ||
| 1894–1895 | Clyde | 18 | (4) |
| 1895–1898 | Bolton Wanderers | 85 | (14) |
| 1898–1902 | The Wednesday | 103 | (42) |
| 1902 | Hamilton Academical | ||
| 1902–1904 | Bolton Wanderers | 34 | (5) |
| 1904–1907 | Plymouth Argyle | 107 | (17) |
| 1907–1908 | Watford | 27 | (0) |
| 1908–1910 | Southend United | 56 | (10) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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John "Jocky" Wright (4 February 1873 – 1946) was a Scottish footballer who played in the Football League for Bolton Wanderers and The Wednesday, and the Southern League for Plymouth Argyle, Watford and Southend United. He was an inside forward.
Wright was born in Hamilton. He began his career with Hamilton Academical and played for Motherwell before returning to Hamilton. He then moved to Clyde, where he made 18 league appearances and scored four goals. Wright joined Bolton Wanderers in June 1895 and played regularly in his first three seasons with the club. He was transferred to The Wednesday in November 1898 having scored 14 league goals in 85 games for Bolton. In his second season with Wednesday, Wright was the club's leading goalscorer and received a Football League Second Division winners medal. He scored 42 goals in 103 league appearances for Wednesday.
He returned to Hamilton in September 1902 and then re-signed with Bolton the following month. In two more seasons with the club, Wright played in 34 league games and scored five times. Wright left the club in May 1904 and joined Plymouth Argyle, where he won the Western League First Division title in his second season. A club handbook states that Wright was "always clever, frequently brilliant and has never been known to play a bad game." He made 110 appearances for Argyle in all competitions and scored 17 goals before moving to Watford in May 1907. Wright played in 27 league games without scoring and then joined Southend United in May 1908.
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