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He was a first-class centre-half in his day and made up for his lack of height by his cleverness. He has a thorough knowledge of the game, and that he knows how to keep the men fit and get the best out of them is shown by the fact that
Dundalk topped the Irish Free State League the year before last,
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Steve Wright, well known as a former centre-half in the
Belvoir S.S. team, who has this season established a big reputation in Ireland while playing as an amateur for the Bohemians, a leading Dublin club, has signed on for Bolton Wanderers. Wright, who is young and built rather on the lines of the
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Curiously enough, he was once chosen to play for
Ireland in an amateur international match against England, but, of course, he did not turn out. It was during the war when he was stationed in Dublin, and playing for Bohemians in the Irish League, and was mistaken for an
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The Town have signed Geoff Wright (24), inside forward, who was one of their players in the season 1951–52, when he was transferred to
Walsall for £250. ... His father is Steve Wright, the ex-Bolton player.
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and have been in the semi-final of the Irish Free State Cup for the last three years. Wright has the reputation of being a very conscientious trainer.
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and was picked to play in an amateur international against
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Lincoln finished in the top four of the Third
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in 1893. He played representative football for
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358:. Wright saw his future in management, but after failing to get the
658:"Football. Lincoln's new trainer. Steve Wright from Dundalk F.C.".
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Wright died in his native
Leicester in 1959 at the age of 66.
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in July 1922 for a £750 fee. Until then he had played as a
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Albion A–Z: A Who's Who of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C
680:"City F.C. lose trainer. Steve Wright goes to Ipswich".
311:. During the First World War, Wright served with the
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514:. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 289.
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867:Royal Leicestershire Regiment soldiers
807:Men's association football midfielders
634:"Overall appearances/goals record – W"
489:. Hove: Goldstone Books. p. 272.
307:as team captain after Clay signed for
877:British Army personnel of World War I
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862:Ipswich Town F.C. non-playing staff
857:Lincoln City F.C. non-playing staff
485:Carder, Tim; Harris, Roger (1997).
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882:Military personnel from Leicester
872:Royal Army Medical Corps soldiers
542:"Ex Belvoir captain for Bolton".
89:5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
761:. Office for National Statistics
269:. He also played in Ireland for
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336:Football League First Division
16:English footballer and manager
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817:Bolton Wanderers F.C. players
440:, played league football for
713:"Wanted for the Continent".
546:. 31 March 1920. p. 4.
385:, and his team then won the
140:Belvoir Street Sunday School
740:. 23 July 1954. p. 3.
717:. 8 March 1939. p. 24.
699:. 7 March 1939. p. 1.
662:. 30 June 1934. p. 1.
587:. 30 July 1938. p. 1.
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852:League of Ireland managers
797:Footballers from Leicester
725:. 24 June 1939. p. 5.
684:. 23 July 1938. p. 1.
368:Brighton & Hove Albion
356:left of the half-back line
267:Brighton & Hove Albion
207:Brighton & Hove Albion
842:English football managers
822:Norwich City F.C. players
802:English men's footballers
569:. 2 July 1914. p. 2.
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317:Royal Army Medical Corps
510:Joyce, Michael (2004).
383:Cup in his first season
313:Leicestershire Regiment
612:Dundalk F.C. Who's Who
423:Norwegian counterparts
295:Scotland international
847:Dundalk F.C. managers
812:Bohemian F.C. players
565:"Belvoir S.S. F.C.".
302:England international
567:Leicester Daily Post
544:Leicester Daily Post
348:Third Division South
27:Personal information
289:Wright was born in
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81:Leicester, England
723:Lincolnshire Echo
715:Leicester Mercury
697:Lincolnshire Echo
682:Lincolnshire Echo
660:Lincolnshire Echo
644:on 15 March 2012.
585:Lincolnshire Echo
521:978-1-899468-67-6
496:978-0-9521337-1-1
403:Lincolnshire Echo
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360:player-manager
298:Alex Donaldson
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364:Chatham Town
344:Norwich City
340:Jimmy Seddon
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263:Norwich City
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71:(1959-10-15)
22:Steve Wright
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792:1959 deaths
787:1893 births
421:, to their
362:vacancy at
352:centre half
94:Position(s)
781:Categories
451:References
305:Tommy Clay
247:footballer
590:Irishman.
427:SK Strong
325:Bohemians
291:Leicester
271:Bohemians
251:half back
225:1930–1934
202:1923–1924
184:1922–1923
166:1920–1922
155:Bohemians
150:191?–19??
136:19??–1915
98:Half back
61:, England
59:Leicester
32:Full name
315:and the
765:8 March
759:FreeBMD
618:8 March
551:Wedlock
549:famous
442:Walsall
375:Dundalk
346:of the
334:of the
281:title.
277:to the
275:Dundalk
253:in the
230:Dundalk
45: (
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379:league
321:Dublin
86:Height
438:Geoff
323:club
109:Years
767:2019
620:2019
516:ISBN
491:ISBN
431:Oslo
381:and
265:and
257:for
119:Apps
113:Team
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43:1893
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