Joseph Farrall Wright

Joseph Farrall Wright (1827–1883) was a 19th-century Anglican priest[1] who founded the historic English football club Bolton Wanderers.[2]

Wright was educated at St Bees Theological College and ordained in 1852.[3] After serving at Bolton-le-Moors[4] he came to Christ Church in Bolton[5] in 1871.[6] In 1874 he founded a football club with a teacher, Thomas Ogden,[7] from his church school for ex pupils[8] which in 1877 became Bolton Wanderers.[9] He was its first president.[10]

He died in June 1883:[11] his only son was John Wright, Archbishop of Sydney from 1909 until 1933.[12]

Notes
  1. thePeerage.com
  2. “Thank God for football! : the illustrated companion “ Lupson, P: London : Azure, 2010. ISBN 9780281063697
  3. Ecclesiastical. The Morning Chronicle (London, England), Wednesday, September 22, 1852; Issue 26753
  4. Church. The Lancaster Gazette, and General Advertiser for Lancashire, Westmorland, Yorkshire, &c. (Lancaster, England), Saturday, April 14, 1860; pg. 2; Issue 3811
  5. National Archives
  6. Ecclesiastical Intelligence. Hampshire Advertiser (Southampton, England), Saturday, May 13, 1871; pg. 2; Issue 2599
  7. spartacus-educational
  8. "The Wanderers". Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2015-12-18.
  9. Club web site
  10. The Bolton News
  11. Ecclesiastical Intelligence. Morning Post (London, England), Thursday, September 06, 1883; pg. 2; Issue 34696
  12. Australian Dictionary of Biography


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