4 Jay A Wright

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Name
Jay A Wright
Nationality
usaUnited States
Position
Quarterback
Weight
185
Past Teams
Yarvard Crimson Tide
Leagues
European Theater of Operations Football Championship
Seasons
Autumn 1942

Home Town

Shippensburg, Pennsylvania

Games

14 November 1942 – ETO FC Game 1 – Ravenhill, Belfast, NIR – Hale 9 Yarvard 7 – Jay Wright was Quarterback for the Yarvard Crimson Tide at Ravenhill, Belfast for the opening game of the European Theater of Operations Football Championship in Northern Ireland in Autumn 1942 – Yarvard lost the game 7-9 despite Wright putting Yarvard 7-6 up in the second quarter with a successful Point After Touchdown kick.

21 November 1942 – ETO FC Game 2 – Inver  Park, Larne, NIR – Yarvard 14 Tech 0 – Jay Wright caught an Interception off Tech’s Ernest Passimoni and returned it 25 yards for a touchdown, putting the Crimson Tide 14-0 up and sealing the game for the Yarvard team.

References

[1] WartimeNI (2019) The Yarvard squad in Belfast [Internet] Available from: https://wartimeni.com/wwiini-story-american-football-ravenhill-programme-07/ [Accessed 23 August 2019]

BIBLIOGRAPHY

[1] Massimo Foglio with Mark L. Ford (2015) “Second World War Part One: Americans on the British Isles 1942-1943 – November 21 1942 – Inver Park, Larne, Northern Ireland – Yarvard 14 Tech Fighting Irish 0” Touchdown in Europe: How American Football Came to the Old Continent. pg. 51-52.

European Theater of Operations Football Championship

SeasonTeamFGSafetyPAT2XPTDCompAttRush YdsRecRec YdsIntLngFumLost
Autumn 1942Yarvard Crimson Tide00101000001000
Total-00101000001000

Career Total

SeasonFGSafetyPAT2XPTDCompAttRush YdsRecRec YdsIntLngFumLost
Autumn 194200101000001000
Total00101000001000