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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 57. Chapters: Stanley Matthews, Albert Stubbins, Billy Wright, Eric Brook, Frank Swift, Denis Compton, Joe Mercer, George Smith, Tom Finney, Stan Mortensen, Stan Cullis, Frank Soo, Tommy Lawton, Jimmy Hagan, Joe Smith, Leslie Compton, Charlie Buchan, Jack Rowley, Len Shackleton, Ted Ditchburn, Cliff Britton, Joe Bacuzzi, Jack Cock, Patsy Hendren, Eddie Hapgood, Bert Williams, Danny Shea, Raich Carter, Bernard Joy, Henry Martin, Alf Hanson, Sam Hardy, Don Welsh, Horace Barnes, Reg Smith, Willie Watson, Jimmy Mullen, Wilf Copping, Neil Franklin, Sailor Brown, Ted Fenton, Ken Willingham, Bob Whittingham, Sam Bartram, Wilf Mannion, Laurie Scott, Vic Buckingham, Jesse Pye, Len Goulden, Jack Crayston, Ronnie Rooke, Jack Balmer, Dennis Westcott, George Marks, Alf Kirchen, Tommy Pearson, Ralph Birkett, Micky Fenton, Syd Puddefoot, Malcolm Barrass, Reg Flewin, Vic Woodley, Maurice Edelston, Ernest Williamson, Ephraim Longworth, Johnny Mapson, Walter Crook, Lal Hilditch, Arthur Knight, George Hardwick, William Ball, Joe Richardson, William Voisey, Frank Hudspeth, Reg Mountford, Leslie Smith, Bert Sproston. Excerpt: William Ambrose "Billy" Wright, CBE (6 February 1924 - 3 September 1994) was an English footballer, who spent his whole career at Wolverhampton Wanderers. The first football player in the world to earn 100 caps, Wright also holds the record for longest unbroken run in competitive international football; he made a total of 105 appearances for England, captaining them a record 90 times. Born in Ironbridge, Shropshire, he played in the wing-half and other defensive positions. Wright was the first ever player to represent his country a hundred times. He captained England during their campaigns at the 1950, 1954 and 1958 World Cup finals. His association with Wolves began in 1938 when he was taken on as a member of their ground staff...