Bobby Wright
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Robert "Bobby" Jacob Wright (March 30, 1979-) is most famous for his career as a football player for several different British teams. He is the youngest son of Ruby Marchlook and William S. Wright, and currently lives in an apartment in London.
Athletic Development
Robert began to play football at the age of eight (c. May 1988), when his mother began to worry that he was not spending enough time outside. He excelled as a goalie in those early years, but wanted to be able to run more often.
Home Life
As a small child, Robert was fairly happy. He inherited his father's love of Gnathostomata, and was pleased that his father wanted to spend so long watching fish and he was allowed to join William. However, by the time Robert was finished with primary school (c. 1989), Robert had begun to realize that his father was unnaturally distant. In fact, in an interview in 2000, he noted that, "I don't think I heard him speak more than six or seven times during the hundreds of days we watched the aquarium together. I'm not certain he even realized I was there."
In March 1998, he generated a small amount of controversy with tabloid rumors of fights with his mother about his chosen career. Neighbours Allen and Sybil Parsons recall an argument that took place one afternoon as Bobby helped Ruby unload groceries: "And what if you break something Robert Jacob Wright?" his mother is supposed to have said. "You'll have naught to fall back on but a wheelchair." Of course, his mother wanted him to pursue a stable career as an author, like her beloved husband, who wrote Under the Striped Gazebo when Bobby was just four years old.
Bobby wouldn't hear of it and yelled back at his mother; his words echoed from the garage walls back into street, reproducing his rant with remarkable clarity for neighbours and passersby. "Why?" he taunted. "So my books can be removed from every bookshelf in London?" Then he spat the words at her, "Just ... like ... father."
Though other neighbours attest to hearing similar disagreements, specific details are not available. But by and large we can deduce that Bobby's relationship with his father was at times strained.
