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) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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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. McBride also represented both Scotland and the Scottish League.
McBride was born in Govan, just 200 yards from the home of Rangers. He attended St. Gerard's RC Secondary, Govan and was a prolific goalscorer for their teams.
He signed for Kilmarnock when he was 15, and was loaned out to Kirkintilloch Rob Roy. 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. McBride failed to settle in England, however, and his career only really took off when he signed for Motherwell.
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. Along with Alex Ferguson of Dunfermline, McBride was the top goalscorer in the 1965–66 Scottish League with 31 goals. He again scored prolifically during the 1966–67 season, but suffered a serious injury in December 1966. This injury meant that although McBride was part of the Lisbon Lions squad, he did not play in the 1967 European Cup Final.
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