Joe McBride (footballer, born 1938)
Joseph 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.[3] McBride also represented both Scotland and the Scottish League.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joseph McBride[1] | ||
| 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 (1.73 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1953–1957 | Kilmarnock | ||
| → Shettleston (loan) | |||
| → 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) | |
| International career | |||
| 1964[2] | SFA trial v SFL | 1 | (2) |
| 1964–1966 | Scottish Football League XI | 4 | (8) |
| 1966 | Scotland | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career edit
McBride was born in Govan, just 200 yards from Ibrox Park, the home of Rangers.[4] He attended St. Gerard's RC Secondary, Govan and was a prolific goalscorer for their teams (where he played alongside future banker and football chairman Brian Quinn).[5]
He signed for Kilmarnock when he was 15, and was loaned out to Junior sides Shettleston[5] and Kirkintilloch Rob Roy.[4] He made an immediate impact when he was brought into the Kilmarnock first team in late 1957,[6] and was sold to Wolves two years later for £12,500, a significant transfer fee at the time.[4] He was unable to break into the Wolves team in his short period with the club and moved to Luton Town for £8,000[7] but he was unsettled and made little impact, soon returning to Scotland to join Partick Thistle in a swap deal involving Jim Fleming.[7]
He rediscovered his scoring form with the Jags, with a ratio of over a goal every two games, and his reputation improved further when he signed for Motherwell in 1962 for another £8,000 fee.[7] McBride was Motherwell's top goalscorer in three successive seasons,[8] which attracted the attention of new Celtic manager Jock Stein, who signed him for a fee of £22,000 in 1965.[4]
Along with Alex Ferguson of Dunfermline, McBride was the top goalscorer in the 1965–66 Scottish League with 31 goals.[9] He again scored prolifically during the first part of the 1966–67 season[10][5] but suffered a serious injury in December 1966,[4] which meant that although part of the Lisbon Lions squad, he did not play in the 1967 European Cup Final.[4]
He never regained a regular place in the Celtic side, and subsequently transferred to Hibernian in 1968.[4][5][8] McBride quickly regained his goalscoring form with Hibs, scoring on his debut against Rangers, followed by a hat-trick in his second match against Lokomotive Leipzig, and four goals in his third match against Morton.[4] He was Hibs' top goalscorer in both the 1968–69 and 1969–70 seasons,[4][11] and scored a second European hat-trick for the club 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.[4] He ended his playing career in 1972 after short spells with Dunfermline and Clyde.[5]
International edit
McBride won two caps for Scotland, both in 1967 British Home Championship matches.[12][5] He also scored eight goals in just four appearances for the Scottish League XI.[1]
Personal life edit
McBride's son, also named Joe, also became a professional footballer who played as a winger for several clubs including Everton, Rotherham United, Hibernian and Dundee.[4][5]
McBride died on 11 July 2012, days after suffering a stroke at his home in Glasgow; his funeral took place in Bishopbriggs.[5][8]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b "SFL player Joseph McBride". Londonhearts.com. London Hearts Supporters' Club. Archived from the original on 1 October 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
- ^ Ronnie McDevitt (2016). Scotland in the 60s: The Definitive Account of the Scottish National Football Side During the 1960s. Pitch Publishing. ISBN 9781785312458.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Scotland – All-Time Topscorers Archived 14 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine, RSSSF.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Jeffrey, pp103-104
- ^ a b c d e f g h Hannan, Martin (13 July 2012). "Obituary: Joe McBride, footballer". The Scotsman. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
- ^ Kilmarnock player McBride, Joe, FitbaStats
- ^ a b c Joe McBride, MotherWELLnet
- ^ a b c Funeral held for Celtic and Hibs legend Joe McBride, BBC News, 18 July 2012
- ^ Scotland – List of Topscorers Archived 13 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine, RSSSF
- ^ Celtic player McBride, Joe, FitbaStats
- ^ Hibernian player McBride, Joe, FitbaStats
- ^ "Scotland player Joseph McBride". Londonhearts.com. London Hearts Supporters' Club. Archived from the original on 3 December 2008.
- Jeffrey, Jim (2005). The Men Who Made Hibernian F.C. since 1946. Tempus Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-7524-3091-2.
External links edit
- Joe McBride at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database