John McBride (31 December 1923 – Unknown) was a Scottish professional footballer and football manager. McBride played as a goalkeeper for Reading and Shrewsbury Town, and also served as head coach and selector of the Pakistan national team between 1957 and 1959.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 31 December 1923 | ||
| Place of birth | Kilsyth, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | Unknown | ||
| Place of death | Unknown | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1941–1948 | Third Lanark | ||
| 1948–1952 | Reading | 100 | (0) |
| 1952–1955 | Shrewsbury Town | 78 | (0) |
| 1959 | Aberdeen | 3 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1957–1959 | Pakistan | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Playing career
editMcBride started his career in 12 September 1941 at Glasgow club Third Lanark.[1] He signed for Reading in March 1948, and played until and 1953 making a total of 106 appearances throughout various competitions.[2] During his spell there he became a fully-qualified physiotherapist and took all the top FA coaching certificates.[1] He later featured for Shrewsbury Town between 1952 and 1955. He also served as player-coach of the club in 1954.[1]
After coaching Pakistan, he returned to Scotland in August 1959 when he was on holidays in his wife's native city Aberdeen, playing for Aberdeen where he made 3 appearances.[3][4][5][6] He volunteered to play for a month before leaving to work in Egypt as coach for National Sporting Club of Cairo.[3][4][7]
Coaching career
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Along with his playing career, McBride served simultaneously as coach of the British Army Western Command Sports Board and in schools in Shropshire.[8]
On 10 October 1957 at the age of 33, McBride was signed as coach for the Pakistan national team on a two-year contract. He took his international team position after being dissatisfied by the contract offered by his playing team Shrewsbury Town.[8]
Although he served as selector of the team for the 1958 Asian Games,[9][10] McBride coached the national team during an unofficial tour to Burma in April 1959.[11][12]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Sunday Post - Sunday 13 September 1959" – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Member – Reading FC Former Players' Association". Retrieved 17 September 2024.
- ^ a b "This plumber plugged leaks in Don's defence". 3 November 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2024 – via PressReader.
- ^ a b Fowlie, Brian (2 November 2019). "Golden Years: Bobby the plumber tried to plug Aberdeen's leaky defence". The Sunday Post. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
- ^ "Daily Record - Tuesday 25 August 1959" – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Daily Record - Saturday 12 September 1959" – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Aberdeen Evening Express - Wednesday 16 September 1959" – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b "Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) - Thursday 10 October 1957" – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) - Sunday 11 May 1958" – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) - Saturday 24 May 1958" – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Ahsan, Ali (23 December 2010). "A history of football in Pakistan — Part I". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
- ^ "Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) - Friday 17 April 1959" – via British Newspaper Archive.