George Wright (19 March 1930 – 7 September 2000) was an English

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who played as a

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. Wright was born in

Ramsgate Ramsgate is a seaside resort, seaside town in the district of Thanet District, Thanet in east Kent, England. It was one of the great English seaside towns of the 19th century. In 2001 it had a population of about 40,000. In 2011, according to t ...

Kent Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...

and began his career at Ramsgate Athletic. He played for

Margate Margate is a seaside resort, seaside town on the north coast of Kent in south-east England. The town is estimated to be 1.5 miles long, north-east of Canterbury and includes Cliftonville, Garlinge, Palm Bay, UK, Palm Bay and Westbrook, Kent, ...

, where he made 22 appearances, before joining West Ham United in February 1951. Wright made his League debut for West Ham in an away loss against Hull City on 1 September 1951, along with Margate teammate

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and Bert Hawkins. He went on to make 161 League, and 9 cup appearances for the east London club, and played his last game for the Irons on 22 March 1958 against Grimsby Town. He was a part of the

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team that lost 6–0 to

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on 1 May 1958. He moved to Leyton Orient in the summer of 1958, and played for Gillingham in 1962–63, before returning to Ramsgate.

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at ''11v11.com'' 1930 births 2000 deaths People from Ramsgate Footballers from Kent English men's footballers Men's association football fullbacks Ramsgate F.C. players Margate F.C. players West Ham United F.C. players Leyton Orient F.C. players Gillingham F.C. players London XI players English Football League players {{England-footy-defender-1930s-stub