Stephen Wright (Australian rules footballer)

Australian rules footballer

Stephen Wright
Personal information
Date of birth	(1961-03-06) 6 March 1961 (age 63)
Original team(s)	Oakleigh District
Height	171 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb)
Playing career
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1979–1992	South Melbourne/Sydney	246 (247)
Coaching career
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1993–1995	Clarence	62 (51–11–0)
1996–1997	Central District	45 (29–16–0)
Playing statistics correct to the end of 1992.
Career highlights
Bob Skilton Medalist 1985, 1990 South Melbourne Team of the Century 2x Clarence premiership coach 1993, 1994
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Stephen Wright (born 6 March 1961) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Sydney Swans in the Victorian/Australian Football League.

Wright won Sydney's best and fairest award in 1985 and 1990.

In 1996 and 1997, Wright was coach of Central District, in the South Australian National Football League.

He coached the Highett Football Club in 2007 and 2008 in the Southern Football League. In 2010, he became the Southern Football League senior interleague coach.

He has coached Murrumbeena in the Southern Football Netball League since 2014.

He is the brother of Michael Wright.

References

"Stephen Wright". AFL Tables.
Lovett, Michael (2004). AFL 2004 - The Official Statistical History Of The AFL. AFL Publishing. ISBN 0-9580300-5-7.
"Honours". Central District Football Club.
"Australian Football, Michael Wright Player Bio". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 27 September 2023.

v t e Sydney Swans: Team of the Century
Full-back	John Rantall John Heriot Vic Belcher
Half-back	Bill Faul Ron Clegg Dennis Carroll
Centre	David Murphy Greg Williams Herbie Matthews
Half-forward	Tony Morwood Laurie Nash Gerard Healy
Full-forward	Bob Pratt Tony Lockett Paul Kelly
Ruck	Barry Round Peter Bedford Bob Skilton (c)
Interchange	Bill Williams Stephen Wright Daryn Cresswell Fred Goldsmith Mark Bayes Harry Clarke Mark Tandy
Coach	Jack Bisset

v t e Bob Skilton Medal · Sydney Swans best and fairest winners
1927: McKay 1928: Stanbridge 1929: Wheelahan 1930: Hillis 1931: Thomas 1932: Faul 1933: Clarke 1934: Brain 1935: Hillis 1936: Matthews 1937: Matthews 1938: Thomas 1939: Matthews 1940: Matthews 1941: Ritchie 1942: Cleary 1943: Matthews 1944: Cleary 1945: Graham 1946: W. Williams 1947: W. Williams 1948: Clegg 1949: Clegg 1950: W. Williams 1951: Clegg 1952: Schaefer 1953: Taylor 1954: Lane 1955: Gillett 1956: Dorgan 1957: Taylor 1958: Skilton 1959: Skilton 1960: Johnson 1961: Skilton 1962: Skilton 1963: Skilton 1964: Skilton 1965: Skilton 1966: Papley 1967: Skilton 1968: Skilton 1969: Bedford 1970: Bedford 1971: Bedford 1972: Cook 1973: Bedford 1974: Goss 1975: Bedford 1976: Quade 1977: Teasdale 1978: Murphy 1979: Round 1980: Ackerly 1981: Round 1982: Ackerly 1983: Browning 1984: Evans 1985: Wright 1986: Healy 1987: Healy 1988: Healy 1989: Bayes 1990: Wright 1991: Mitchell 1992: Kelly 1993: Kelly 1994: Cresswell 1995: Lockett 1996: Kelly 1997: Kelly 1998: O'Loughlin 1999: Schwass 2000: Schauble 2001: P. Williams 2002: P. Williams 2003: Goodes 2004: Hall 2005: Kirk 2006: Goodes 2007: Kirk 2008: McVeigh 2009: O'Keefe 2010: Jack 2011: Goodes 2012: Kennedy 2013: McVeigh 2014: Parker 2015: Kennedy 2016: Kennedy 2017: Parker 2018: Lloyd 2019: Rampe 2020: Lloyd 2021: Parker 2022: Mills 2023: Gulden 2024: Heeney

Bob Skilton Medal · Sydney Swans best and fairest winners

1927: McKay
1928: Stanbridge
1929: Wheelahan
1930: Hillis
1931: Thomas
1932: Faul
1933: Clarke
1934: Brain
1935: Hillis
1936: Matthews
1937: Matthews
1938: Thomas
1939: Matthews
1940: Matthews
1941: Ritchie
1942: Cleary
1943: Matthews
1944: Cleary
1945: Graham
1946: W. Williams
1947: W. Williams
1948: Clegg
1949: Clegg
1950: W. Williams
1951: Clegg
1952: Schaefer
1953: Taylor
1954: Lane
1955: Gillett
1956: Dorgan
1957: Taylor
1958: Skilton
1959: Skilton
1960: Johnson
1961: Skilton
1962: Skilton
1963: Skilton
1964: Skilton
1965: Skilton
1966: Papley
1967: Skilton
1968: Skilton
1969: Bedford
1970: Bedford
1971: Bedford
1972: Cook
1973: Bedford
1974: Goss
1975: Bedford
1976: Quade
1977: Teasdale
1978: Murphy
1979: Round
1980: Ackerly
1981: Round
1982: Ackerly
1983: Browning
1984: Evans
1985: Wright
1986: Healy
1987: Healy
1988: Healy
1989: Bayes
1990: Wright
1991: Mitchell
1992: Kelly
1993: Kelly
1994: Cresswell
1995: Lockett
1996: Kelly
1997: Kelly
1998: O'Loughlin
1999: Schwass
2000: Schauble
2001: P. Williams
2002: P. Williams
2003: Goodes
2004: Hall
2005: Kirk
2006: Goodes
2007: Kirk
2008: McVeigh
2009: O'Keefe
2010: Jack
2011: Goodes
2012: Kennedy
2013: McVeigh
2014: Parker
2015: Kennedy
2016: Kennedy
2017: Parker
2018: Lloyd
2019: Rampe
2020: Lloyd
2021: Parker
2022: Mills
2023: Gulden
2024: Heeney

v t e Coaches of the Central District Football Club
1959-1960: Pyatt 1961: Ashby 1962: Baker 1963: McCarthy 1964-1967: Eustice 1968-1971: Jones 1972-1975: Casserly 1976-1977: Window 1978-1983: Hicks 1984-1987: Neale 1988-1990: Kerley 1991-1995: Stewart 1996-1997: Wright 1998-2000: Jonas 2001-2002: Clarkson 2003-2019: Laird 2020: Andrews

v t e Australian squad – 1990 International Rules Series
Allison Anderson Bain Blakey Brown Bruns Campbell Couch Daniher Dean Frawley Gastev Hanna Jackson Loewe Malaxos McGuinness Mitchell O'Donnell Romero Salmon Smith Stephens Worsfold Wright

v t e New South Wales squad – 1988 Bicentennial State of Origin Carnival (Australian rules football)
Semi-Final: South Australia 12.8 (80) defeated New South Wales 8.11 (59), at Football Park, 3 March 1988 3rd Play-Off: New South Wales 10.8 (68) defeated Western Australia 9.12 (66), at Football Park, 5 March 1988
Bartholomaeus Bradmore Brownless Byrne Carroll (vc) Coleman Cordy A. Daniher C. Daniher T. Daniher (c) Hawke Honybun Kruse Longmire Morphett Morwood Murphy O'Donoghue Phyland Powell Roberts Scott Thripp Toohey Winton Wright Yorgey
Coach: Hafey

v t e New South Wales team – 1990 State of Origin (Australian rules football)
New South Wales 13.8 (86) defeated Victoria 10.16 (76), at the Sydney Cricket Ground, 20 May 1990
Allison Bolton Brownless Carey Cordy A. Daniher C. Daniher N. Daniher T. Daniher (c) Eustice Gayfer Ironmonger Longmire Mitchell Morris Phyland Potter Powell Roberts Toohey Werner Wright (vc)
Coach: Kinnear

v t e Victorian 2nd XVIII team – 1990 State of Origin
Tasmania 20.14 (134) defeated Victoria 14.17 (101), at North Hobart Oval, 24 June 1990
Allison Ayres (c) Bower Condon Dear Foster Gallagher Kennedy Kerrison Knights Langford Liberatore Longmire Lyon Martyn Monkhorst Romero Toohey Wallace Wigney Wright Young
Coach: Parkin

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