George Clifford "Cliff" Wright (born 18 October 1944) is an English former

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 as a midfielder in the Football League for

Hartlepools United Hartlepool United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Hartlepool, County Durham, England. The team competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. They were founded in 1908 as Har ...

and

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. He began his career as an apprentice with Middlesbrough, but never played for them in the league, and after leaving Darlington spent four-and-a-half seasons with

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club

Boston United Boston United Football Club is a semi-professional association football club based in Boston, Lincolnshire, England. The club participates in the National League North, at the sixth tier of the English football league system. The club is known ...

. After two seasons under manager Brian Clough ( 1965-66- 1966-67) he was a member of the Hartlepool team promoted to the

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for the first time in 1967–68.

References

1944 births Living people People from Lingdale English men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Middlesbrough F.C. players Hartlepool United F.C. players Darlington F.C. players Boston United F.C. players English Football League players Northern Premier League players Footballers from North Yorkshire {{England-footy-midfielder-1940s-stub