Bernie Wright

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Bernie Wright
Personal information
Full name Bernard Peter Wright[1]
Date of birth (1952-09-17) 17 September 1952 (age 72)
Place of birth Birmingham, England[2]
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[3]
Position(s) Centre-forward
Youth career
1970–1971 Birmingham City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1971 Paget Rangers
1971–1972 Walsall 15 (2)
1972–1973 Everton 11 (2)
1973–1976 Walsall 152 (38)
1976–1978 Bradford City 66 (13)
1978–1980 Port Vale 76 (23)
Kidderminster Harriers
Trowbridge Town
Cheltenham Town
Worcester City
Gloucester City
Burton Albion
Total 320+ (78+)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bernard Peter Wright (born 17 September 1952), nicknamed Bernie the Bolt,[4] is an English former footballer. A tough centre-forward, he scored 78 goals in 320 league games in a nine-year career in the Football League.

A youth team player at Birmingham City, he joined Paget Rangers of the Midland Combination before having a successful trial at Walsall in 1971. He moved on to Everton in 1972. After one season with the "Toffees", he returned to Walsall. In 1976, he transferred to Bradford City, winning promotion out of the Fourth Division in 1976–77, before signing for Port Vale two years later for a £9,000 fee. In 1980, he went into non-League football with Kidderminster Harriers, later playing for Trowbridge Town, Cheltenham Town, Worcester City, Gloucester City and Burton Albion.

  1. ^ "Bernie Wright". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Stats". neilbrown.newcastlefans.com. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  3. ^ Rollin, Jack (1980). Rothmans football yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 299. ISBN 0362020175. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Sting Ray Answers Your Everton Quiz Questions". bluekipper.com. Archived from the original on 7 April 2009. Retrieved 20 June 2009.