John "Rookie" Wright is the number-one ranked one-wall handball player[1] from New York City.
John "Rookie" Wright is the current world champion one-wall handball and winner of the first USHA National Big Ball Championship (2008).
He surprised the small ball handball community by winning the 2001 ICHA Mayor's Cup singles championship.
Followed up with a doubles championship and a close semifinal loss in the singles, at the 2001 USHA Nationals.
John cemented his legendary "Goat" status in 2013 and 2016 by winning an unprecedented sixth and seventh King Of The Courts titles at the age of 40 and 43...During Johns Prime Handball days todays Top players would not been able to compete with him on the Court.