NORMALLY, you only see him running onto the field and providing a miracle cure with his sponge or bag of ice, but George Wright provides the Vancouver Whitecaps with so much more than that.

While everyone is giving the team members credit for their ability to adapt and change because of injuries and suspensions, not many are thinking about the tremendous effort George has put into keeping players fit and getting the injured ones back into action.

Like the players them- selves, George is a highly trained person who has devoted most of his life to the sport.

After 17 seasons in the English Football League the Caps were fortunate’ to obtain someone so_ valuable in SO many areas.

As team physio, George has had his hands full this season dealing with the countless number of in- juries. And there are always more injunes than what are reported tn the press.

Most players, during the course of a season, have various little. sometimes big, problems that keep George on the move. It could be a bruise. a strained muscle, a ‘carpet burn’, or a damaged toenail. Or it could be more senous like the problems that have been facing Peter Beardsley. Alan Taylor, Pierce O'Leary and Carl Shearer.

George has to ‘cure’ them. A professional sports team needs to get their players back into action as quickly as possible so they can perform at peak efficiency. This doesn't mean putting them on the field before their ready, but it does mean making sure there is no time

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And anyone who has ever had an injury knows that George can get them back in a hurry. In fact, a number of the players are possibly more fit when George is finished with them than they were before their injury.

All kidding aside, George is one of the best in the business. Before coming to the Whitecaps in 1980, he was with Middlesborough, Arsenal and West Bromwich Albion. In addition, he was assistant manager at Arsenal for two years, and was also a top lecturer on the F.A. circuit in England.

But keeping us healthy is not George’s only function, as time consuming as it is.

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More than cold sponge

He is also the link man on the road with the front of- fice.

When we arrive at our destination, it is George who makes sure the avto rentals are taken care of. He books us into the hotel, pays when we leave, makes sure we get on the right airplane by holding all the tickets himself, and giving us our ‘per diem’ allowance.

And if you don't think that’s any problem, just imagine trying to ride herd on 20 professional athletes all over North America.

The Vancouver Whitecaps would be a lot poorer without George Wright on the bench.

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