Ernie Wright

Ernie Wright

Infobox Pro Football player


Color=#0080FF
fontcolor=yellow
DateOfBirth=birth date|1939|11|6|mf=y
Birthplace=Toledo, Ohio
DateOfDeath=March 20 2007 (aged age|1939|11|6|2007|3|20)
Position=Tackle
College=Ohio State
AFLDraftedYear=1960
AFLDraftedRound=
DraftedYear=1961
DraftedRound=15/ Pick 200
DatabaseFootball=WRIGHERN01
PFR=WrigEr01
Jersey=75
Stats=y
Career Highlights=Y
Honors=American Football League Champion, 1963
10-Year AFL player
Awards=
Records=
years=1960
1961-1967
1968-1969
1970-1971
1972
teams=AFL Los Angeles Chargers
AFL San Diego Chargers
AFL Cincinnati Bengals
NFL Cincinnati Bengals
NFL San Diego Chargers
AFLAllStar=1961, 1963, 1965
HOF=

Ernest Henry Wright (November 6 1939 – March 20 2007) was an American professional football offensive tackle who played for 13 seasons, from 1960 AFL season to 1969 in the American Football League, and 1970-1972 in the NFL. He was an original Los Angeles Charger, and LA/San Diego Chargers Hall of Fame coach Sid Gillman called the tandem of Wright and Hall of Famer Ron Mix "The best pair of offensive tackles in Pro Football'" He also played for the AFL's Cincinnati Bengals, both in the American Football League and in the NFL. Wright was a starter for the Chargers in their 51-10 victory over the Boston Patriots in the 1963 AFL Championship game, and was an AFL All-Star in 1961, 1963 and 1965. He was one of only twenty men who played all ten years of the AFL's existence.

Wright died of cancer in 2007.

ee also

*List of American Football League players

External links

* [http://www.remembertheafl.com/1965ToppsChargers.htm#ErnieWright Wright's 1965 Topps football card]


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