Ian J. Cartwright (13 November 1964 – 7 December 2016) was an English

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

, who played in

the Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional association football, football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in Association football around the wor ...

for

Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club (), commonly known as Wolves, is a professional football club based in Wolverhampton, England, which compete in the . The club has played at Molineux Stadium since moving from Dudley Road in 1889. The club's ...

Career

Ian Cartwright signed for First Division

as a youth trainee in 1980. He had to wait until his 18th birthday to make his first team debut, coming on as a substitute in a 1–4 defeat at

Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic Association Football Club is a professional football club in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. The history of Oldham Athletic be ...

. He made 9 appearances during the remainder of that season (scoring once) as the club won promotion back to the top flight at the first attempt. He made 16 appearances during their doomed campaign of 1983/84 which saw them relegated from the First Division, beginning a slide down the divisions amid financial problems. Cartwright remained at the club until 1986 when released by manager

Sammy Chapman Samuel Edward Campbell Chapman (16 February 1938 – 24 July 2019) was a Northern Ireland international footballer and football manager. Career A former youth player with Manchester United, Chapman signed for Glentoran upon returning to Nor ...

, leaving him to play out his career in the non-league. He died from renal and spinal cancer on 7 December 2016.

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cartwright, Ian 1964 births 2016 deaths Footballers from Birmingham, West Midlands English footballers English Football League players Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players Deaths from kidney cancer Deaths from spinal cancer Association football midfielders Deaths from cancer in England Neurological disease deaths in England