Joe McBride

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. McBride also represented both Scotland and the Scottish League.

Career McBride was born in Govan, just 200 yards from Ibrox Park, the home of Rangers.

He signed for Kilmarnock when he was 15, and was loaned out to Junior sides Shettleston and was sold to Wolves two years later for £12,500, a significant transfer fee at the time. He was unable to break into the Wolves team in his short period with the club and moved to Luton Town for £8,000 but he was unsettled and made little impact, soon returning to Scotland to join Partick Thistle in a swap deal involving Jim Fleming. He again scored prolifically during the first part of the 1966–67 season 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.

Personal life 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.

Honours Celtic European Cup: 1966–67