Joseph Farrall Wright (1827–1883) was a 19th-century Anglican

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who founded the historic

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Bolton Wanderers. Wright was educated at St Bees Theological College and ordained in 1852. After serving at Bolton-le-Moors he came to Christ Church in

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in 1871. In 1874 he founded a football club with a teacher, Thomas Ogden, from his church school for ex pupils which in 1877 became Bolton Wanderers. He was its first president. He died in June 1883: his only son was John Wright, Archbishop of Sydney from 1909 until 1933.Australian Dictionary of Biography
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1827 births 1883 deaths People from Deane Burials in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton 19th-century English Anglican priests Alumni of St Bees Theological College {{Christian-clergy-stub