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John McBride
Personal information
Date of birth (1923-12-31)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

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.

Playing career

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McBride stared 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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McBride sitting fourth in middle row from left to right with the Pakistan national team

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

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  1. ^ a b c "Sunday Post - Sunday 13 September 1959" – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ "Member – Reading FC Former Players' Association". Retrieved 17 September 2024.
  3. ^ a b "This plumber plugged leaks in Don's defence". www.pressreader.com. 3 November 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Daily Record - Tuesday 25 August 1959" – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "Daily Record - Saturday 12 September 1959" – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "Aberdeen Evening Express - Wednesday 16 September 1959" – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ a b "Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) - Thursday 10 October 1957" – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ "Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) - Sunday 11 May 1958" – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ^ "Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) - Saturday 24 May 1958" – via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. ^ Ahsan, Ali (23 December 2010). "A history of football in Pakistan — Part I". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
  12. ^ "Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) - Friday 17 April 1959" – via British Newspaper Archive.
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