Former Hibs’ star Keith Wright has been nominated for the Legends award at this year’s Dundee Fc’s Hall of Fame.
Wright, who is a member of the Hibernian FC Hall of Fame is also considered to be a bone fide Dundee legend having scored 75 goals in 197 appearances as part of two successful striking partnerships in his time at Dens.
His most renowned was with Tommy Coyne as one half of ‘The Cobra and The Mongoose” who punished Premier Division defences in the later half of the 1980s.
Wright finished as Dundee’s top goalscorer on two occasions, scored the two goals that got Dundee to the Centenary Cup Final in 1990 and was the last Dundee player to be capped by the Scottish League.
He was also a thorn in Dundee United’s defence with four wins and seven goals against The Arabs and is perhaps most fondly remembered for his hat-trick against United in a famous 4-3 derby win in August 1989.
Wright joined his boyhood heroes Hibs in 1991 and helped the club with the Skol League Cup, scoring in every round including the second goal in the final against Dunfermline.
As a Hibs’ player he was capped by Scotland against Northern Ireland in 1992.
Wright is joined on the shortlist by another former Hibs’ player, goalkeeper Thomson Allan who was part of the Dark Blue side which won the League Cup at Hampden with a 1-0 win over Celtic and in the twelve match League Cup run, Allan kept a clean sheet in seven of them including in the quarters, semi and final.
In 1974 he was part of the Scotland Squad who went to the World Cup in Munich.
The Hall of Fame event will take place this year on Friday 4th March. 2016 at the Invercarse Hotel.
John graduated from Telford College in 2010 with an HNC in Practical Journalism and since then he worked for the North Edinburgh News, The Southern Reporter, the Irish News Review and The Edinburgh Reporter. In addition he has been published in the Edinburgh Evening News and the Hibernian FC Programme.
