 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Wright akatora chinzvimbo chekurairidza kuGuildford City mushure mekurega basa muna 1949, asati atora zvinzvimbo zvakafanana kuWalsall neLuton Town. Akatumidzwa semurairidzi mukuru ku Everton muna 1956, uye akazo murairidzi wechikwata chevechidiki cheIndia pakati pa1961 na1963 mukugadzirira 1963 AFC Youth Championship. Muna 1963, akagara nhaka Syed Abdul Rahims India timu yenyika, uko Wright akatungamira divi kuenda kunzvimbo yechipiri mu1964 Asia Cup, iyo inoramba iri kukunda kunoshamisa kwazvo munhabvu yeIndia. 