Stephen Wright (Australian rules footballer)

{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}

{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Stephen Wright

| image =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|3|6|df=yes}}

| birth_place =

| death_date =

| death_place =

| originalteam = Oakleigh District

| height = 171 cm

| weight = 73 kg

| position =

| statsend = 1992

| years1 = 1979–1992

| club1 = South Melbourne/Sydney

| games_goals1 = 246 (247)

| coachyears1 = 1993–1995

| coachclub1 = Clarence

| coachgames_wins1 = 62 (51–11–0)

| coachyears2 = 1996–1997

| coachclub2 = Central District

| coachgames_wins2 = 45 (29–16–0)

| careerhighlights = * Bob Skilton Medalist 1985, 1990

• South Melbourne Team of the Century
• 2x Clarence premiership coach 1993, 1994

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Stephen Wright (born 6 March 1961) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Sydney Swans in the Victorian/Australian Football League.{{cite web|url=http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/S/Stephen_Wright.html| title=Stephen Wright| publisher=AFL Tables}}

Wright won Sydney's best and fairest award in 1985 and 1990.{{cite book|last=Lovett, Michael|title=AFL 2004 - The Official Statistical History Of The AFL| publisher=AFL Publishing|year=2004|isbn=0-9580300-5-7}}

In 1996 and 1997, Wright was coach of Central District, in the South Australian National Football League.{{cite web|url=http://cdfc.com.au/about-cdfc-2/honours/| title=Honours| publisher=Central District Football Club}}

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.{{Cite web |title=Australian Football, Michael Wright Player Bio |url=https://australianfootball.com/players/player/Michael+Wright/11252 |access-date=2023-09-27 |website=australianfootball.com}}