Bernie Wright

Who is Bernie Wright?

Bernard Peter "Bernie" Wright, nicknamed Bernie the Bolt, is an English former footballer. A tough centre-forward, he scored 78 goals in 320 league games in a nine-year career in the Football League.

A youth player at Birmingham City, he joined Walsall in 1971, moving on to Everton later in the year. After one season with the "Toffees" he moved back to Walsall. In 1976 he transferred to Bradford City, winning promotion out of the Fourth Division in 1976–77, before signing for Port Vale two years later for a £9,000 fee. In 1980 he went into non-league football with Kidderminster Harriers, later playing for Trowbridge Town, Cheltenham Town, Worcester City, and Gloucester City.