Peter Brooke Wright (26 January 1934 – 24 October 2012) 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 le ...

who played for

Colchester United Colchester United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Colchester, Essex, England. The team competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1937, the club spent its earl ...

from 1951 until 1964.

Career

In 2000, Wright was named winner of the Evening Gazette's U's Player of the Century poll, and was voted as one of the inaugural stars for the Hall of Fame. He died on 24 October 2012. In February 2015, a life-size statue of Peter Wright was installed at the former Layer Road ground where Colchester United played before moving to the Colchester Community Stadium. A new housing development, Turnstile Square, was built around the centre strip of the pitch which was retained with the centre spot preserved and blessed by a priest as the place where some fans had their cremation ashes scattered. Peter Wright's statue was placed next to the former centre spot in tribute to the many earlier players who had played at Layer Road.

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at Colchester United Archive Database 1934 births 2012 deaths English footballers Men's association football midfielders Colchester United F.C. players Romford F.C. players English Football League players Sportspeople from Colchester People educated at Colchester Royal Grammar School {{England-footy-midfielder-1930s-stub