Joseph Farrall Wright (1827–1883) was a 19th-century Anglican priest who founded the historic English football club Bolton Wanderers.“Thank God for football! : the illustrated companion “ Lupson, P: London : Azure, 2010.
Wright was educated at St Bees Theological College and ordained in 1852.Ecclesiastical. The Morning Chronicle (London, England), Wednesday, September 22, 1852; Issue 26753 After serving at Bolton-le-MoorsChurch. The Lancaster Gazette, and General Advertiser for Lancashire, Westmorland, Yorkshire, &c. (Lancaster, England), Saturday, April 14, 1860; pg. 2; Issue 3811 he came to Christ Church in BoltonNational Archives in 1871.Ecclesiastical Intelligence. Hampshire Advertiser (Southampton, England), Saturday, May 13, 1871; pg. 2; Issue 2599 In 1874 he founded a football club with a teacher, Thomas Ogden,spartacus-educational from his church school for ex pupils which in 1877 became Bolton Wanderers.Club web site He was its first president.The Bolton News
He died in June 1883:Ecclesiastical Intelligence. Morning Post (London, England), Thursday, September 06, 1883; pg. 2; Issue 34696 his only son was John Wright, Archbishop of Sydney from 1909 until 1933.Australian Dictionary of Biography
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