Joseph Wright was an English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 professional football goalkeeper.

Joe Wright was born in Gateshead

Gateshead

Gateshead is a town in Tyne and Wear, England and is the main settlement in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead. Historically a part of County Durham, it lies on the southern bank of the River Tyne opposite Newcastle upon Tyne and together they form the urban core of Tyneside...

 and was playing for local side Birtley when signed by Leicester City

Leicester City F.C.

Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester...

 in 1929. He played 15 league games for Leicester before joining Torquay United

Torquay United F.C.

Torquay United Football Club, nicknamed the Gulls, are an English association football club based in the tourist resort town of Torquay, Devon. They played in the Conference National in 2008–09, but were promoted to Football League Two after a 2–0 win over Cambridge United on 17 May 2009 at Wembley...

 in 1930 as a replacement for the retired Harold Gough

Harold Gough

Harold C. Gough was an English professional footballer. He made one appearance in goal for the England national team.-Club career:...

 and Archie Bayes

Archie Bayes

Archibald William Clayton Bayes was an English football goalkeeper. He was born in Bedford and played for England at amateur level....

. He missed just one game in the 1930-31 season and was an ever-present for the first 28 league games of the following season, after which time Laurie Millsom

Laurie Millsom

Laurie Millsom was an English professional football goalkeeper.Laurie Millsom was born in Rotherham and began his professional career with Rotherham County, playing 5 league games in 1924...

 took over as Torquay's first choice goalkeeper. Wright joined Brighton & Hove Albion

Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.

Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club are an English association football club based in the coastal city of Brighton & Hove, East Sussex. They currently play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system....

, but his career was curtailed by illness and he retired in 1933 after just 14 games for Brighton.

He died in 1936.