Full name | Alan Hercules Wright | ||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 14 April 1914 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Upper Hutt, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 2 December 1990 | (aged 76)||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Wellington, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Weight | 89 kg (196 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
School | Wellington College | ||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
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Alan Hercules Wright (14 April 1914 — 2 December 1990) was a New Zealand rugby union international.
Born in Upper Hutt, Wright was one of four sons of national rugby league captain Hercules Wright and a nephew of Wellington mayor Robert Wright. He attended Wellington College.[1]
Wright, known as "Bumper", was a sturdy wing three-quarter and began playing for Wellington in 1934. He gained an All Blacks call up for the 1938 tour of Australia as a replacement for John Dick, who was suffering from measles.[2] Despite scoring 11 tries from four uncapped matches, Wright was unable to force his way into the Test team.[3]