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My Take
Billy Wright is football history, plain and simple. The first player in the world to reach 100 international caps, captaining England and spending his entire club career at Wolverhampton Wanderers, he embodies a loyalty almost extinct in the modern game. What strikes me is the 70 consecutive competitive internationals, a record that stood for decades. The CBE and that little hometown of Ironbridge round out a portrait of a true one-club gentleman. Whenever I think about what football used to value, devotion over money, durability over hype, Wright is the name that comes to mind first.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Billy Wright
- Name (Japanese)
- ビリー・ライト
- Reading
- びりー・らいと
- Born
- February 6, 1924 – September 3, 1994
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Rat
- Origin
- Ironbridge, United Kingdom
- Occupation
- association football player / association football coach
2. Background
Awards & achievements
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttp://sirbillywright.com/
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%93%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%88
Frequently asked questions
When was Billy Wright born?
February 6, 1924 – September 3, 1994.
Where is Billy Wright from?
Billy Wright is from Ironbridge, United Kingdom.
What does Billy Wright do?
Billy Wright works as association football player, association football coach.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.