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The subject is running and carrying a football in his right hand.

Title

Billy Wright (1924–1994)

Date

1996

Medium

patinated & coloured bronze & Cumbrian slate

Measurements

H 274 x W (?) x D (?) cm;
Plinth: H 185 x W 110 x D 110 cm

Accession number

WV1_RA_S069

Acquisition method

purchased by public subscription

Work type

Statue

Owner

Wolverhampton Wanderers FC

Custodian

Wolverhampton Wanderers FC

Work status

extant

Unveiling date

12th September 1996

Access

time restrictions apply

Inscription description

on the front of the pedestal: BILLY / WRIGHT / CBE; on the rear of the pedestal: WILLIAM AMBROSE WRIGHT / BORN ON 6 FEBRUARY 1924 AT IRONBRIDGE, 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 541 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-23 TEAMS AND ARSENAL FOOTBALL CLUB, / HE RETURNED TO WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS FOOTBALL CLUB / IN 1990 AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD. / HE DIED ON 3 SEPTEMBER 1994.

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