John Stewart Wright (1890 – 1956) was a Scottish

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as a centre half, making over 400 appearances for the club between 1911 and 1925. Record of pre-war Scottish League Players John Litster / Scottish Football Historian magazine, October 2012 He was also the club's manager in two spells, between 1927 and 1929, and 1934 and 1939. He initially played for hometown club Port Glasgow Athletic Juniors, and was selected twice for Scotland at that level in 1910 before moving up to the senior leagues with Morton. A large part of his career was interrupted by

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(during which the club won the War Fund Shield in 1915 and were finalists in 1918. After the resumption of regular competitions he was in the team which claimed the

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, the only major honour in Morton's history. Wright was selected four times for the Scottish Football League XI and appeared in three wartime internationals,Scotland v England 2–0 (International: June 8, 1918)
9 June 1918 (via Play Up, Liverpool) but never gained a full official cap for

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1890 births Date of birth missing 1956 deaths Date of death missing Scottish men's footballers Scottish football managers People from Port Glasgow Footballers from Inverclyde Men's association football central defenders Scottish Junior Football Association players Scotland men's junior international footballers Port Glasgow Athletic Juniors F.C. players Greenock Morton F.C. players Greenock Morton F.C. managers Scottish Football League players Scottish Football League representative players Scotland men's wartime international footballers Scottish Football League managers {{Scotland-footy-defender-1890s-stub

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