Joe McBride (footballer, born 1938)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joe McBride | ||
| Date of birth | 10 June 1938 | ||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 11 July 2012 (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) |
| 1971–1972 | Dunfermline Athletic | 20 | (8) |
| 1972 | Clyde | 12 | (5) |
| Total | 383 | (226) | |
| National team | |||
| 1964–1966 | Scottish Football League XI | 4 | (8) |
| 1966 | Scotland | 2 | (0) |
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* 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
- ↑ Scotland – All-Time Topscorers, RSSSF.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Jeffrey, pp103-104.
- ↑ Hannan, Martin (13 July 2012). "Obituary: Joe McBride, footballer". The Scotsman. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
- ↑ Scotland – List of Topscorers, RSSSF.
- ↑ "Joe McBride". Londonhearts.com. London Hearts Supporters' Club.
- ↑ "Joe McBride". Londonhearts.com. London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
- ↑ 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.