Peter Wright
Personal information
Full name Peter Brooke Wright
Date of birth (1934-01-26)26 January 1934
Place of birth Colchester, England
Date of death 24 October 2012(2012-10-24) (aged 78)
Place of death Abberton, Essex, England
Position(s) Winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1951–1964 Colchester United 427 (90)
1964–1965 Romford 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Peter Brooke Wright (26 January 1934 – 24 October 2012) was an English footballer who played for Colchester United from 1951 until 1964.[1]

Career

In 2000, Wright was named winner of the Evening Gazette's U's Player of the Century poll, and was voted as one of the inaugural stars for the Hall of Fame.[2]

He died on 24 October 2012.[3]

In February 2015, a life-size statue of Peter Wright was installed at the former Layer Road ground where Colchester United played before moving to the Colchester Community Stadium. A new housing development, Turnstile Square, was built around the centre strip of the pitch which was retained with the centre spot preserved and blessed by a priest as the place where some fans had their cremation ashes scattered. Peter Wright's statue was placed next to the former centre spot in tribute to the many earlier players who had played at Layer Road.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Peter Wright". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
  2. ↑ "Colchester United 2006/07 Fans". Colchester United F.C. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
  3. ↑ "Peter Wright: 1934–2012". Colchester United FC web site. 25 October 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
  4. ↑ "Colchester United: Peter Wright statue at Layer Road site". BBC News. 5 February 2015.
  • Peter Wright at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database
  • Peter Wright at Colchester United Archive Database


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