Brian Wright (table tennis)  Brian Wright (born 1943) is a male former international table tennis player from England. He represented England at two World Table Tennis Championships in the Swaythling Cup (men's team event) from 1965 to 1969. He won two English National Table Tennis Championships mixed doubles titles. On 4 September 1965, he married fellow table tennis international Mary Shannon, his frequent partner in mixed doubles competitions. They had at least three children.