Dennis Wright

Dennis Wright

Personal information
Full name	Dennis Wright
Date of birth	19 December 1919(1919-12-19)
Place of birth	Boythorpe, Derbyshire, England
Date of death	August 1993 (aged 73)
Place of death	Bolsover, England
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1946–1957	Mansfield Town	379	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Dennis Wright (19 December 1919 – August 1993) was an English football goalkeeper who played for Mansfield Town.

A native of Boythorpe near Chesterfield, Wright initially joined Mansfield in March 1939, shortly before the outbreak of World War II. However, due to the hostilities, he had to wait until 1946 before he made his debut for the club in a competitive game. During the war years, Wright served in the British Army, and was stationed in Northern Ireland most of that time. He guested for Glenavon during the war, and also turned out for Nottingham Forest during the wartime competition.^[1]

After the war had ended, he returned to Mansfield, and made his debut on 12 October 1946 against Leyton Orient.^[2] He remained Mansfield's first-choice goalkeeper for the next decade, and played a total of 399 first-team matches for the club, which was a club record at the time of his retirement from the game in 1957. He died in 1993, aged 73.

References

1. ^ Retter, Jack (1995). Who's Who – The Stags 1902–1995. Yore Publications. ISBN 1874427313. 
2. ^ Bracegirdle, Dave and Hartshorn, Steve (2004). The Legends of Mansfield Town. Breedon Books. ISBN 1859834353. 

Persondata
Name	Wright, Dennis
Alternative names
Short description	English footballer
Date of birth	19 December 1919
Place of birth	Boythorpe, Derbyshire, England
Date of death	1993
Place of death	Bolsover, England