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Billy Wright

1924 - 1994

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William Ambrose Wright (6 February 1924 – 3 September 1994) 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 finals. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Billy Wright is the 71st most popular soccer player (up from 969th in 2019), the 500th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,898th in 2019) and the 5th most popular British Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Billy Wright ranks 71 out of 21,273. Before him are Francesco Totti, Silvio Piola, Alan Ball Jr., Uwe Seeler, Béla Guttmann, and Gianni Rivera. After him are Nílton Santos, Giacinto Facchetti, Arthur Friedenreich, Fritz Walter, Franco Baresi, and George Weah.

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Among people born in 1924, Billy Wright ranks 28. Before him are Roger Guillemin, Jacques Le Goff, Sergei Parajanov, Paul Feyerabend, Lys Assia, and S. R. Nathan. After him are Jovanka Broz, Ramiz Alia, Mário Soares, Kōbō Abe, J. D. Tippit, and Sidney Lumet. Among people deceased in 1994, Billy Wright ranks 30. Before him are André Michel Lwoff, Léon Degrelle, John Wayne Gacy, Paul Feyerabend, Mas Oyama, and Domenico Modugno. After him are Roland Ratzenberger, Niels Kaj Jerne, George Peppard, Telly Savalas, Guy Debord, and Bassel al-Assad.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Billy Wright ranks 500 out of 8,785. Before him are Bonnie Tyler (1951), Tony Scott (1944), Ralph Fiennes (1962), Angela Lansbury (1925), George Reid (1845), and Malcolm McDowell (1943). After him are Michael Houghton (1949), Anthony Burgess (1917), James Hilton (1900), Jackie Stewart (1939), Richard Wright (1943), and Arthur Eddington (1882).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Billy Wright ranks 5. Before him are Bobby Charlton (1937), George Best (1946), David Beckham (1975), and Alan Ball Jr. (1945). After him are Bobby Moore (1941), Stanley Matthews (1915), George Graham (1944), Gordon Banks (1937), Tony Adams (1966), Colin Bell (1946), and Andy Cole (1971).

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