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About Samuel Wright Sr.
- Samuel Wright Sr.
- (22 May 1812 - 19 December 1877), known generally as Samuel Wright or Sam Wright, was an English-American cricketer and father of two baseball Hall-of-famers, Harry Wright and George Wright.
- He was a member and groundskeeper of the St George's Cricket Club in New York City. Samuel Wright was born in Sheffield, England in 1812.
- He married Ann Tone Wright.
- He moved to New York sometime in the 1830s and joined the St George's Cricket Club, where he was a member until 1869.
- He served as a player, manager and groundskeeper.
- By 1870 he had moved to Boston and he died there living with his son George in 1877.
- He also was noted as a woodturner.
- He is buried in Forest Hills Cemetery in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. He and his wife Ann had 5 children: Harry, born in Sheffield, George, Samuel Wright Jr, Daniel, and Mary.
- Both Harry and George would become famous baseball players and are in the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame.
- Sam also played in the Major League.
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