1920
Horace Wright
Birthplace
Ilkeston, Derbyshire 1892
Occupation
Outside-Right
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Horace was briefly on Exeter City's books during the club's first season in the Football League in 1920/21 but did not appear for the first-team.
Starting with Ilkeston United, his home town club, Horace appeared for Wath Athletic and Bulwell White Star before making fifteen league appearances for Derby County during the 1910/11 campaign. Later registered with Portsmouth, Darlington and Mansfield Mechanics he returned to Football League action when he played ten times for Coventry City during the first season after the First World War. Subsequently spending a short spell at St James' Park, he saw out his career with Aberaman Athletic, Abertillery, Chesterfield and Coalville Town.
Horace Duncan Wright died in Portsmouth in 1951.
Starting with Ilkeston United, his home town club, Horace appeared for Wath Athletic and Bulwell White Star before making fifteen league appearances for Derby County during the 1910/11 campaign. Later registered with Portsmouth, Darlington and Mansfield Mechanics he returned to Football League action when he played ten times for Coventry City during the first season after the First World War. Subsequently spending a short spell at St James' Park, he saw out his career with Aberaman Athletic, Abertillery, Chesterfield and Coalville Town.
Horace Duncan Wright died in Portsmouth in 1951.
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