Thomas E.S. Wright, B.PE. , MBA (born 1953 in Toronto, Ontario) is the former commissioner of the Canadian Football League. He was appointed the 11th commissioner of the CFL on November 2, 2002. Wright attended Upper Canada College, the University of Toronto and York University. Prior to his role with the CFL, Wright was the President of Adidas Canada and President and CEO of Salomon North America. He is involved in several charitable organizations, and is the Chairman of Special Olympics Canada. His wife Ginnie Grand Wright's family were the founders and former owners of office supply chain Grand and Toy Ltd. He lives in Toronto with his wife and three daughters, Jodi, Heather and Emily.
It was announced on July 5, 2006 that Wright had informed the CFL that he would not be seeking a contract extension as league commissioner after this season. Thus ending his tenure as the 11th CFL commissioner.blank">http://www.cfl.ca/index.php?module=newser&func=display&topicnum=&nid=9532&writer=0
On March 28, 2007, _Mark Cohon was officially announced as Wright's successor as league commissioner.
Tom Wright (born in Sydney, New South Wales) was an Australian rugby league player for the North Sydney Bears in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership competition. Wright was captain-coach for the Bears during the 1931 season.
Thomas Everette "Tom" Wright (born September 22, 1923), in Shelby, North Carolina is a retired American baseball player. He was signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1942. On September 15, 1948 he made his Major League debut with the Boston Red Sox. He was traded to the St. Louis Browns on November 28, 1951. Then on June 15, 1952 he was traded to the Chicago White Sox. He played with the White Sox until he was traded on March 27, 1954 to the Washington Senators. On April 18, 1956 he played his final game after 9 seasons in the Major Leagues.
Tom Wright (born November 29, 1952) is an American film, television and theater actor.
Wright was born Harold Thomas Wright in Englewood, New Jersey and attended West Chester University in West Chester, PA.
Wright has appeared in over 40 stage productions both on and off-Broadway. He began his acting career as an original member of The People’s Light and Theater Company outside of Philadelphia. Tom also spent four years at The National Playwrights Conference and two summers at the Sundance Institute. On Broadway, he performed in A Taste of Honey which received two Tony Award nominations. Some of the notable theaters in which he has appeared include, The American Place Theater, Manhattan Theater Club, New York Theater Workshop, Actors Theater of Lousiville, Center Stage, Yale Repertory Theater, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Hartford Stage, Los Angeles Stage and Film, and Theatre De La Juene Lune in Minneapolis starring in Furthest From The Sun with Steve Guttenberg.
Wright co-starred in the feature films Barbershop and Barbershop 2: Back in Business with Ice Cube. He also co-starred with Angela Bassett as her ex-lover in Sunshine State, his fifth film with writer/director John Sayles. The other four Sayles films include: Passion Fish, City of Hope, Matewan and The Brother from Another Planet. He is set to co-star in Sayles’ next feature, Honeydripper. In 2000, Wright won the Best Actor Award at the Santa Monica Film Festival for his portrayal of John Shed in the indie film Dumbarton Bridge.
He has played roles on several television programs but is best known for playing Mr. Morgan, Yankees co-worker of character George Constanza (Jason Alexander) on Seinfeld.
Thomas Stephen Wright (b. 11th October, 1988) is an Australian basketball player. He attends Augusta State University.
Tom Wright (born June 22 1983 in Melbourne, Australia), is an Australian actor. He appeared in two Disney Channel TV Movies: Stepsister from Planet Weird and Zenon: The Zequel. The most recent film he appeared in was Audrey's Rain in 2003.
Bears a striking resemblance to boxer Sugar Ray Leonard. In fact, the plot of the "Seinfeld" (1990) episode "The Diplomat's Club" revolves around George Costanza commenting on this resemblance.
