Billy Wright - Wolverhampton Wanderers FC - Autograph - Memorabilia - Wolves - England - Wolverhampton Wanderers
Billy Wright Football Legend
Billy Wright autograph
For sale a handsigned mount featuring Billy Wright England and Wolverhampton Wanderers legend greeting Ferenc Puskas of Hungary in one of football's famous moments. Two footballing legends - Hungary went on to destroy England who were one of the strongest footballing nations around at this time.
A professional photo of Billy Wright and Ferenc Puskas exchanging pennants prior to kick off with an autographed light blue album page featuring Billy Wrights autograph in blue biro. We have added a Brass effect plaque which has engraved BILLY WRIGHT & FERENC PUSKAS ENGLAND VS HUNGARY 1953. A year England football would rather forget!!
Billy Wright is a very rare autograph and was the FIRST celebrity footballer years before current celebs like David Beckham. Billy Wright has handsigned the album page using a blue biro pen. Mount size is landscape style 16" wide by 12" height easy size for just popping into a picture frame. We do not supply picture frame with item.
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Billy Wright, CBE (February 6, 1924 - September 3, 1994) was a footballer for Wolverhampton Wanderers. A statue of him stands by their stadium in his memory.
He was born William Ambrose Wright in Ironbridge, Shropshire and played in the wing-half and other defensive positions. He was the first player to win more than 100 caps for England, and captained the national side no less than 90 times. He was captain during their campaigns at the 1950, 1954 and 1958 World Cup finals.
His association with the club began in 1934 when he was taken on as a member of their ground staff, and he made his first-team debut in 1939, becoming club captain soon after the Second World War ended. With Wolves he won the First Division title three times (1954, 1958 and 1959) and the FA Cup in 1949. During his 541 appearances for Wolves and his 105 games for England, his disciplinary record was second to none - he was never cautioned or sent off by any referee.
He retired as a player in 1959 and was awarded the CBE soon after. He became manager of Arsenal in 1962, but was unable to bring any success to the club; Arsenal never finished higher than seventh under Wright, and after a poor 1965-66 season, where Arsenal finished 14th and were knocked out of the FA Cup by Blackburn Rovers (who finished bottom of the First Division), Wright was dismissed. Wright left management and later became a television pundit for ATV.
Wright became a minor media personality, and his marriage to Joy Beverley of the Beverley Sisters was one of the most successful showbiz marriages. Wright was made an Inaugural Inductee of the English Football Hall of Fame in 2002 in recognition of his impact on the English game.
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