Billy Wright

Billy Wright may refer to:

  • Billy Wright (footballer born 1924) (1924–1994), Wolverhampton Wanderers and England football captain
  • Billy Wright (footballer born 1958), Everton and Birmingham City centre-half
  • Billy Wright (footballer born 1962), New Zealand international footballer
  • Billy Wright (loyalist) (1960–1997), Northern Irish loyalist paramilitary leader
  • Billy Wright (musician) (1932–1991), Atlanta Blues singer
  • Billy Pat Wright (born 1937), American Republican member of the Missouri House of Representatives

Famous quotes containing the words billy and/or wright:

    “Oh, where have you been, Billy boy, Billy boy?
    Oh, where have you been, charming Billy?”
    “I’ve been to seek a wife,
    She’s the joy of my life,
    She’s a young thing, and cannot leave her mother.”
    —Unknown. Billy Boy (l. 1–5)

    Children cannot eat rhetoric and they cannot be sheltered by commissions. I don’t want to see another commission that studies the needs of kids. We need to help them.
    —Marian Wright Edelman (b. 1939)