Joe McBride (footballer, born 1938)

Joe McBride
Personal information
Full name Joe McBride
Date of birth (1938-06-10)10 June 1938
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death 11 July 2012(2012-07-11) (aged 74)
Place of death Glasgow, Scotland
Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Playing position Striker
Youth career
1953–1957 Kilmarnock
→ Kirkintilloch Rob Roy (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1957–1959 Kilmarnock 57 (24)
1959 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 (0)
1959–1960 Luton Town 25 (9)
1960–1962 Partick Thistle 59 (31)
1962–1965 Motherwell 88 (51)
1965–1968 Celtic 55 (54)
1968–1971 Hibernian 67 (44)
1971 Dunfermline Athletic 20 (8)
1971-1972 Clyde 12 (5)
Total 383 (226)
National team
1964–1966 Scottish Football League XI 4 (8)
1966 Scotland 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Joe McBride (10 June 1938 – 11 July 2012) was a Scottish footballer who played for clubs including Celtic, Hibernian, Motherwell and Dunfermline Athletic. He was a prolific striker and has the third highest tally of goals in the Scottish league since football resumed after the Second World War.[1] McBride also represented both Scotland and the Scottish League.

Career

McBride was born in Govan, just 200 yards from the home of Rangers.[2] He attended St. Gerard's RC Secondary, Govan and was a prolific goalscorer for their teams.[3]

He signed for Kilmarnock when he was 15, and was loaned out to Kirkintilloch Rob Roy.[2] He made an immediate impact when he was brought into the Kilmarnock first team, and was sold to Wolves for £12,500, a significant transfer fee at the time.[2] McBride failed to settle in England, however, and his career only really took off when he signed for Motherwell.[2]

McBride was Motherwell's top goalscorer in three successive seasons, which attracted the attention of new Celtic manager Jock Stein, who signed him for a fee of £22,000 in 1965.[2] Along with Alex Ferguson of Dunfermline, McBride was the top goalscorer in the 1965–66 Scottish League with 31 goals.[4] He again scored prolifically during the 1966–67 season, but suffered a serious injury in December 1966.[2] This injury meant that although McBride was part of the Lisbon Lions squad, he did not play in the 1967 European Cup Final.[2]

He never regained a regular place in the Celtic side, and subsequently transferred to Hibernian in 1968.[2] McBride quickly regained his goalscoring form with Hibs, scoring on his debut, against Rangers, a hat-trick in his second match, against Lokomotive Leipzig, and four goals in his third match, against Morton.[2] He was Hibs' top goalscorer in both the 1968–69 and 1969–70 seasons,[2] and scored a second European hat-trick for Hibs, against Malmö FF.

McBride left Hibs in 1971, apparently because the club were unhappy that he did not want to move from his home in Glasgow.[2] He ended his playing career in 1972 after short spells with Dunfermline and Clyde. McBride's son, also named Joe, also became a professional footballer.[2]

He won two caps for Scotland, both in 1967 British Home Championship matches.[5] McBride also scored eight goals in just four appearances for the Scottish League XI.[6]

McBride died on 11 July 2012, days after suffering a stroke at his home in Glasgow.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Scotland – All-Time Topscorers, RSSSF.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Jeffrey, pp103-104.
  3. ↑ Hannan, Martin (13 July 2012). "Obituary: Joe McBride, footballer". The Scotsman. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  4. ↑ Scotland – List of Topscorers, RSSSF.
  5. ↑ "Joe McBride". Londonhearts.com. London Hearts Supporters' Club.
  6. ↑ "Joe McBride". Londonhearts.com. London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
  7. ↑ Shields, John (12 July 2012). "Celtic fans loved Joe.. he was one of their own". The Scottish Sun. News International. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  • Jeffrey, Jim (2005). The Men Who Made Hibernian F.C. since 1946. Tempus Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-7524-3091-2.
  • Joe McBride at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database
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