Edward Gordon Dundas Wright (3 October 1884 – 5 June 1947) was an English amateur

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who competed in the

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, being part of the English team, who won the gold medal in the football tournament. He played one match in this team. He was the

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team for seven seasons in a row.

Club career

After attending St Lawrence College in

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, Wright went up to Queen's College in

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, where he soon earned a place in the

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XI for three years (1904–06), where he stood out for his excellent ball control and tactical knowledge as a

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. On leaving Cambridge, he accepted a post at Hymer's College in Hull, teaching Natural History and Science, and in the same year, he was elected

for whom he played 152 league games. After obtaining his degree at Cambridge, Wright later graduated from the Royal School of Mines and in 1913 he went to

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as a mining engineer where, apart from a brief spell in

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, he spent the rest of his life.

International career

Wright was the first Hull City player to be

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for the England national team, receiving his only cap in a 1–0 win over

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on 19 March 1906. Between 1909 and 1912, he won 20 amateur caps for the England amateur team, netting 4 goals and being a member of the English amateur team that represented

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at the football tournament of the

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International goals

:''England Amateurs score listed first, score column indicates score after each Wright goal.''

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