Billy Wright
Be the first in the stands
England10 appearances in the starting line-ups the archive holds — not a career total. Our line-up coverage is partial, so a match he played that we hold no sheet for is simply not counted here.
William Ambrose Wright was an English footballer who played as a centre-back. He spent his entire club career at Wolverhampton Wanderers. The first footballer in the world to earn 100 international caps, Wright also held the record for longest unbroken run in competitive international football, with 70 consecutive appearances, although that was surpassed by Andoni Zubizarreta's 86 consecutive appearances for Spain (1985–94). He also made a total of 105 appearances for England, captaining them a record 90 times, including during their campaigns at the 1950, 1954 and 1958 World Cup. — Wikipedia
identity matched to Wikidata · last verified 2026-08-30
In the line-ups
10 appearances in recorded line-ups · 1950–1958The archive holds 10 team sheets naming Billy Wright in England's starting line-up, from 1950-06-25 to 1958-06-17.
A different player of the same name scored for New Zealand (6 goals, 1988–1992) — Billy Wright · New Zealand
Honours
6 team trophies · Wikipedia + Wikidata, community-updated| Team honours6 | ||||
| Football League First Division | ×3 | 1953–54, 1957–58, 1958–59 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | |
| FA Charity Shield | ×2 | 1949, 1954 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | |
| FA Cup | ×1 | 1948–49 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | |
| Individual honours6 | ||||
| Player of the year · 1 | ||||
| FWA Footballer of the Year | 1952 | |||
| More honours · 5 | ||||
| Commander of the Order of the British Empire | 1959 | |||
| Football League 100 Legends | 1998 | |||
| International Football Hall of Fame | 1997 | |||
| Member of English Football Hall of Fame | 2002 | |||
| Wolverhampton Wanderers FC Hall of Fame | 2009 | |||