Bright Sodje
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Bright Ojamohare Sodje[1] (born 21 April 1966) is a 6'5 retired dual-code rugby player, who played for rugby league clubs Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, Hull Kingston Rovers and Sheffield Eagles in England as well as rugby union for Wakefield RFC.
Sodje's brothers, Sam, Efe, Akpo, Steve, and his cousin, Onome, have all played professional football in England.
Bright was a winger with a reputation for scoring tries, and noted for his aeroplane style celebration.
[edit] Financial Crisis At Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
In 2000, at the height of a financial crisis at Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, the contracts of all players aged over 24 were terminated during September 2000. The players affected were; Andy Fisher, Bobbie Goulding, Warren Jowitt, Tony Kemp (player-coach), Steve McNamara, Francis Maloney, Martin Masella, Steve Prescott, Bright Sodje, Francis Stephenson, and Glen Tomlinson.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ "search births indexes 1837 - 2006". Findmypast.com. http://www.findmypast.co.uk/birth-indexes-search-start.action?redef=0. Retrieved 2010-10-07.
- ^ "Goodway calls for aid package". BBC Sport. 2001-04-24. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/1295270.stm. Retrieved 2010-01-01.
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- Alumni of Sheffield Hallam University
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