Adam Wright (1975 – 17 July 1998) was an Australian professional

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footballer for the

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in the

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competition. His position of choice was as a

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Background

He was born in

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, Australia to Robert (Bobby) and Barbara. He grew up in Haberfield in the inner west of Sydney. Wright was shot and killed outside of the Five Dock Hotel on 17 July 1998. Organised crime figure

Michael Kanaan Michael Kanaan (born 23 May 1975). is an Australian triple murderer from Sydney, currently serving three sentences of life imprisonment plus 50 years and 4 months without the possibility of parole, for the murder of three people and other offenc ...

was convicted of Wright's murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.

References

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