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	Billy Wright (footballer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Billy Wright, CBE (6 February 1924 – 3 September 1994) was an English footballer for Wolverhampton Wanderers.
		Wright became a minor media personality, and his marriage to Joy Beverley of the Beverley Sisters (at a time long before the era of footballers having celebrity girlfriends) was one of the most successful showbiz marriages.
		Wright was made an inaugural inductee of the English Football Hall of Fame in 2002 in recognition of his impact on the English game.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Billy_Wright_(footballer) (351 words)

	BILLY PRESTON -- BIOGRAPHY
		Billy is widely acknowledged as the "Fifth Beatle" having been the only party to ever hand his name included in the label credits of the "Let It Be" and the "Abbey Road" albums as well as the landmark "White Album".
		Billy also appeared with them in the films "The Complete Beatles" and "Let It Be" as well as performing as part of them during their historic rooftop final concert.
		Billy recorded on the last album his mentor Ray Charles was to record, toured with The Funk Brothers and Stevie Winwood in Europe in early 2004 and then hit the road, touring extensively and garnering rave reviews for his performances with his dear friend Eric Clapton through Europe and North America.
	www.billypreston.net /biography.html (520 words)

	BBC News \| NEWSNIGHT \| Billy Wright transcript
		Billy Wright always knew he'd be shot dead but he never expected it to happen within the prison itself.
		To use the local jargon, Billy Wright was an "active loyalist", in other words a sectarian killer, responsible for the deaths of dozens of Catholics.
		Billy Wright was expecting a visit from his girlfriend and child.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/events/newsnight/1039080.stm (1439 words)

	Billy Wright (loyalist) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Billy Wright (July 7, 1960 – December 27, 1997) was a Northern Irish paramilitary [1], a member of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) and leader of the extremist Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF).
		Billy Wright was born in Wolverhampton to an Irish Protestant family, but was raised in Mountnorris, in south Armagh (a predominantly Irish nationalist area).
		However, Billy Wright joined the youth section of the Ulster Volunteer Force at the age of fifteen, partly in response to the Kingsmill massacre of 1976, when ten local Protestants were killed by the IRA -the climax of a cycle of sectarian killings in the area.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Billy_Wright_(terrorist) (1448 words)

	Ireland's OWN: History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		At the time of the murder, Wright was officer commanding the Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF) in the jail and McWilliams was a member of the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA).
		Wright, a family man, was bound to be on it.
		LVF leader Billy Wright, who was murdered in the prison in December 1997, acknowledged the significance of the protests in an interview shortly before he died.
	irelandsown.net /RatStory.html (1602 words)

	Guardian \| 'British helped to kill Billy Wright'
		Billy Wright was a hate-figure for nationalists in Northern Ireland, who lived in fear of his Mid-Ulster UVF brigade and later the breakaway LVF, when a team of young loyalists called 'the rat-pack' carried out a campaign of sectarian killings in a part of the Province that became known as the 'murder triangle'.
		Wright has been told that the RUC file on his son's death has been closed following the arrest and conviction of three Irish National Liberation Army prisoners who breached security to shoot Billy Wright dead in the forecourt of H-Block 6.
		Despite the closure of the Billy Wright murder case, his father insists he will continue his campaign for an international, independent judicial inquiry, as nationalists are demanding similar investigations into the murders of solicitors Pat Finucane and Rosemary Nelson.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,3975819-103588,00.html (929 words)

	Wolverhampton Wanderers Billy Wright Caricature
		Billy Wright joined Wolves as a groundstaff boy in July 1938, and remained a one-club loyalist until his retirement in August 1959.
		Billy won 105 England caps, 51 at right-half, 8 at left-half and 46 at centre-half.
		Sadly Billy Wright died of cancer in North London on September 3 1994.
	www.sportcartoons.co.uk /billywright.html (108 words)

	Wolverhampton Wanderers \| History \| Golden Oldies \| Billy Wright CBE
		Billy made his debut for the first team shortly after the outbreak of the war in the 2-1 victory at Notts County.
		Billy Wright's captaincy was an inspiration to the team who then set about some of Europe's finest clubs and demolished them in those never to be forgotten floodlit friendlies.
		Billy became manager of his boyhood heroes, Arsenal, in 1962 and four years later he left Highbury and was thereafter associated with sports coverage on ATV.
	www.wolves.premiumtv.co.uk /page/GoldenOldies/0,,10307~65471,00.html (912 words)

	Untitled Document
		Billy Wright was born in Atlanta, Georgia, in May of 1932.
		By now Wright was an almost invisible presence in the new popularity of R and B which is now part of the rock 'n roll age.
		Throughout the nineteen sixties Billy Wright was mainly a master of ceremonies at a number of Atlanta night spots introducing both established and new talent breaking into the music scene.
	www.home.earthlink.net /~v1tiger/bwright.html (899 words)

	British Irish Rights Watch
		Billy Wright refused to leave and he became a focal point for loyalists opposed to the peace process.
		On 7th March 1997, Billy Wright was sentenced to 8 years' imprisonment on charges of threatening to kill a woman and perverting the course of justice.
		Billy Wright was sent there, where he was put on a 23 hour-a-day lock-up regime because the prison governor could not guarantee his safety within the prison, which also housed dissident republicans.
	www.birw.org /billy.html (8804 words)

	News in Focus: Billy Wright - [Sunday Herald]
		As Billy Wright, one of the most feared loyalist paramilitary leaders in Ulster, made his way to a prison van waiting in the yard of H6, Christopher "Crip" McWilliams, a republican hitman, and two accomplices were crawling over an adjacent rooftop which looked down on to the prison yard, the van and Billy Wright.
		It should never be forgotten that Billy Wright was probably responsible for the deaths of at least 30 Catholics - if not as a triggerman himself, then as the boss who ordered their executions.
		David Wright also supports a number of Catholic families, including the relatives of Rosemary Nelson and Pat Finucane, who believe there was collusion by the British state in the deaths of their loved ones and who also want a full and independent inquiry.
	www.sundayherald.com /11549 (1974 words)

	O.V. Wright, by Bill Pollak
		Wright is by no means the only artist to abandon the sanctuary of the church in search of the rewards and temptations of the secular world.
		Wright's recordings are unmistakably the work of a spiritually troubled man. As if to underscore the gravity of his choice, Wright's secular recordings, more than those of any of his peers, cleave faithfully to the style, structure, and most importantly the feeling and fervor of the deepest and most heartfelt gospel music.
		Wright is an artist whose reputation is destined to grow with the historical perspective afforded by time.
	www.billyprice.com /Wright.html (1148 words)

	RTE News - Wright's father fails in police files bid
		Billy Wright, who led the Loyalist Volunteer Force, was fatally shot inside the Maze Prison by the INLA just after Christmas, 1997.
		Mr Justice Kerr told David Wright that none of the inquiries to date into his son's murder had provided satisfactory answers to key questions such as whether there was any evidence of collusion on the part of members of the prison service in Billy Wright's murder.
		Speaking outside the court, Mr Wright said he was delighted the judge had highlighted the shortcomings into all the circumstances surrounding his son's death.
	www.rte.ie /news/2003/0307/wright.html (241 words)

	Revealed: warnings were given of jail plot to kill terror leader Billy Wright - [Sunday Herald]
		Billy Wright was assassinated by three INLA inmates – Christopher “Crip” McWilliams, John “Sonny” Glennon and John Kenneway – shortly after Christmas 1997.
		There have been long-running concerns over how the INLA knew Wright would be in the right place at the exact time the killers crept across the roof and dropped down into the prison yard before opening fire on their target as he sat in a prison van waiting to meet visitors.
		Wright, one of the most ruthless loyalist terrorists to emerge from the Troubles, was seen as a threat to the early days of the peace process when his LVF splinter group refused to declare a ceasefire.
	www.sundayherald.com /36741 (986 words)

	Player Profile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Billy Wright is probably the most famous Wolves player of all time, He played a total of 490 League games for Wolverhampton Wanderers, and also went on to play for England on 105 occasions.
		Billy was signed by Major Buckley, who had previously turned him down on two occasions due to his lack of height.
		In 1994 The sad news of Billy Wright's death was announced to the world, after a long battle against cancer.
	web.ukonline.co.uk /paul.grainger/Billy_Wright.HTM (376 words)

	Ulster-Scots & Irish Unionist Resource - Billy Wright The bible and the bullet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		It was while serving a jail term for paramilitary offences during 1982 that Billy Wright's interest in Christianity began to develop, and he began reading the Bible regularly.
		However, in 1985, the year he was married, Billy Wright was driven back into the world of the paramilitaries, following the signing of the Anglo-Irish Agreement.
		Wright left behind preaching the gospel to begin the re-organisation of the mid-Ulster UVF, which he was quickly to turn into the most ruthless in the province.
	www.ulster-scots.co.uk /docs/terrorism/billywright2.htm (601 words)

	Ulster-Scots & Irish Unionist Resource - Billy Wright King Rat's murder machine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		AN angry Billy Wright put aside his gospel preaching and set about turning the mid-Ulster brigade into a ruthless terror machine.
		Former associates say Wright - who was to be dubbed King Rat in the Press - was initially alarmed at the state of the UVF in Portadown when he re-joined the group in 1986.
		And despite claims that Wright himself was present at Cappagh, there is not a shred of evidence that confirms this.
	www.ulster-scots.co.uk /docs/terrorism/billywright3.htm (748 words)

	Wolves Stats \| Book Reviews \| Billy Wright A hero for all seasons (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Billy Wright is a decisive figure in the history of Wolverhampton Wanderers and the recent cliché of 'the Beckham of his day' does not do justice to a man famed for his fairplay and decency and who was the first player in the World to earn 100 caps for his country.
		However, the accounts of Billy's career before and during the war, and again after he retired as a player, are interesting and I think it is in these parts that Billy's character shines through.
		Billy was trying to emulate the success of Stan Cullis in bringing through the youth, but even in those days the game had moved on and success was needed more immediately.
	www.wolves.stats.btinternet.co.uk.cob-web.org:8888 /books/wright_hero.html (619 words)

	TheFA.com - Archive
		Although the enduring image of the ‘Ironbridge Rocket’ (after the Shropshire town where he was born) is of a no-nonsense centre-half, Wright began as a centre-forward and won his first 60 England caps at right-half, before converting to defence.
		Wright burst into the team during the war and in 13 glorious years for Wolves after peace resumed, he won three League titles and an FA Cup.
		Wright made his England debut against Northern Ireland in 1946 and was captain through three unsuccessful World Cup campaigns.
	www.thefa.com /England/SeniorTeam/Archive/?pf=p&i=1349&ap=p&searchname=wright (339 words)

	BBC News \| NORTHERN IRELAND \| Wright killing inquiry demand
		Billy Wright was shot dead by three members of the republican Irish National Liberation Army on 27 December 1997, in the high security Maze prison.
		Mr Wright told the BBC that important details about the events on the morning of his son's murder had been witheld from him.
		Billy Wright was among the most feared loyalist paramilitary figures.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/northern_ireland/990018.stm (494 words)

	The LVF is an extreme loyalist group formerly led by Billy Wright
		The LVF is an extreme loyalist group formerly led by Billy Wright, who was killed in the Maze prison at Christmas 1997, allegedly by THE Irish National Liberation Army in collusion with the British government It is believed to be made up of loyalists dissatisfied with other paramilitary organisations.
		Until 1996, Billy Wright had been clearly identified with the UVF in the mid-Ulster area.
		Wright defied the ultimatum and split with the UVF/PUP to form the breakaway loyalist grouping the LVF.
	www.lois.itgo.com /political/lvf.htm (373 words)

	Billy Wright Is Dead (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		In truth, the team that Billy Wright led were a dirty outfit that specialised in kick-and-chase and who flooded the pitch before matches.
		Billy Wright is dead and it’s about time people got used to it.
		Billy Wright’s name adorns a new stand at the Molineux, which is a start.
	www.jonhorne.co.uk.cob-web.org:8888 /dhp/billywright.html (2509 words)

	BBC - Shropshire - Features - Great Salopians: Billy Wright
		Born in Ironbridge on 6th February 1924, Billy was the son of a talented local footballer who was well-known for terrorising defences.
		Two more titles followed as Billy became an ever-present in the side right the way through the 1950s - at least until 1959, when he announced his retirement from football and was awarded the CBE.
		Billy went on to manager Arsenal, his boyhood heroes, for four years, and then in 1966 moved into TV, retiring in 1989.
	www.bbc.co.uk /shropshire/features/2003/09/billy_wright.shtml (767 words)

	B&H / C18 - Billy Wright Memorial (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Brigadier Wright was shot dead by the Marxist INLA whilst serving a eight-year sentence for a blatant government stitch-up in the Maze Prison.
		As the 'Betrayal Process' went ahead full steam, Billy Wright became a thorn in the side of the government so much that they 'arranged' his imprisonment in the Maze and his subsequent murder.
		At the recent hushed-up trial of his killers, the court was told how Brigadier Wright fought to the end as he kicked out and attempted to defend himself against the INLA gunmen but he had little chance as he was shot several times at close range and died.
	www.skrewdriver.net /billy1.html (277 words)

	Billy Wright – Captain Fantastic
		William Ambrose Wright was born in Ironbridge in Shropshire in 1924.
		He made his first appearance for Wolves at 14 and although the then manager had doubts about Billy's natural ability he eventually decided to sign the youngster and when he was 19 he signed professional forms.
		During this time Billy's reputation grew and he was named Player of the Year in 1952 and led England to the World Cup in 1954 and again in 1958.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/shropshire/118858 (461 words)

	Billy Wright - Wikipedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Billy Wright, eigentlich William Ambrose Wright (* 6.
		Billy Wright bestritt zwischen September 1946 und Mai 1959 insgesamt 105 Länderspiele für England, davon 90 als Mannschaftskapitän und 70 in ununterbrochener Folge, erzielte dabei auch drei Tore.
		Billy Wright war verheiratet mit Joy Beverley von den Beverley Sisters, einem damals populären englischen Gesangstrio.
	de.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Billy_Wright (439 words)

	Billy Wright (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		England's captain through three World Cups (1950, 1954 and 1958), Wright won a total of 105 caps for his country, 90 as skipper.
		Initially a wing-half, he moved into central defence for his 60th international, England v Switzerland, and was a revelation.
		A real-life Boys' Own hero, Wright completed his "perfect life" by marrying Joy, the ldest of the Beverley Sisters.
	www.fifaworldcup.co.uk.cob-web.org:8888 /players/wright.htm (108 words)

	Welcome. ENTER
		Billy led Wolves through their golden years of the 1950s, and was the first footballer in the world to win 100 international caps.
		Included in his 105 appearances was a remarkable sequence of 70 consecutive matches – a record of consistency unlikely ever to be surpassed.
		Published by Robson Books, it is an authorised biography that has been written with the encouragement and support of Joy Wright, Billy's widow and famous as one of the singing Beverley Sisters.
	billywright0.tripod.com /welcome.htm (235 words)

	The Billy Wright Inquiry: Public Inquiry into the death of William Stephen (Billy) Wright, Northern Ireland, UK (via ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		William Stephen (Billy) Wright was murdered at the Maze prison, Northern Ireland on 27th December 1997.
		On 23rd November 2005 the Billy Wright Inquiry was converted, by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland the Rt Hon Peter Hain MP, to an Inquiry to be held under the Inquiries Act 2005.
		“To inquire into the death of Billy Wright with a view to determining whether any wrongful act or omission by or within the prison authorities or other state agencies facilitated his death, or whether attempts were made to do so; whether any such act or omission was intentional or negligent; and to make recommendations.”
	www.billywrightinquiry.org.cob-web.org:8888 (201 words)

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