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John Stewart Wright
John Stewart Wright (1890 – 1956) was a Scottish footballer who played for Morton as a centre half, making over 400 appearances for the club between 1911 and 1925.[2] He was also the club's manager in two spells, between 1927 and 1929, and 1934 and 1939.[3] He initially played for hometown club Port Glasgow Athletic Juniors, and was selected twice for Scotland at that level in 1910 before moving up to the senior leagues with Morton.[4] A large part of his career was interrupted by World War I (during which the club won the War Fund Shield in 1915 and were finalists in 1918.[5][6] After the resumption of regular competitions he was in the team which claimed the Scottish Cup in 1922,[7] the only major honour in Morton's history. Wright was selected four times for the Scottish Football League XI[8] and appeared in three wartime internationals,[9][10] but never gained a full official cap for Scotland. See alsoReferences
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