- Name
- Charles Wright
- Position
- Forward
- Hometown (Last School)
- Stanford, KY (Stanford Male Academy)
- Seasons
- 1904-05
- Birthday
- April 11, 1883
Charles Wright was born Charles Roy Wright on April 11, 1883, in Danville, Kentucky, to James A. Wright and Mary Marple Wright. He grew up in Stanford, Kentucky, and graduated from the Stanford Male Academy in 1901.
Wright enrolled at Kentucky for the fall semester in 1901. He played in one game for Kentucky in 1904-05. He graduated from Kentucky in 1905 with a bachelor of civil engineering degree. Immediately after graduating, he accepted a position with the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad, in the Division Engineers’ office.
He practiced medicine in Somerset, Kentucky, beginning in 1927 before he enlisted in the Merchant Marine Corps and was stationed in California. He made several trips around the world while serving with the Merchant Marine Corps. He made his home in Los Angeles and practiced medicine there for 15 years.
Wright passed away on November 10, 1952, in San Francisco, at the age of 62.
