Joseph Farrall Wright (1827–1883) was a 19th-century Anglican priest who founded the historic English football club Bolton Wanderers.
[1] Wright was educated at St Bees Theological College and ordained in 1852.
[5] In 1874 he founded a football club with a teacher, Thomas Ogden,[6] from his church school for ex pupils[7] which in 1877 became Bolton Wanderers.
[9] He died in June 1883:[10] his only son was John Wright, Archbishop of Sydney from 1909 until 1933.
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