Willie John McBride Willie John McBride William James McBride, MBE, better known as Willie John McBride (born 6 June 1940) is a former rugby union footballer who played as a lock for Ireland and the British and Irish Lions. He played 63 Tests for Ireland including eleven as captain, and toured with the Lions five times — a record that gave him 17 Lions Test caps. He also captained the most successful ever Lions side, which toured South Africa in 1974. McBride was born at Toomebridge, County Antrim. Owing to his father's death when he was five years old, he spent most of
John McBride (labor leader) John McBride (labor leader) John McBride (1854 – October 9, 1917) was an American labor union leader. McBride was born in Wayne County, Ohio, in 1854. He started working in the coal mines at the age of nine. In 1870, McBride joined the Ohio Miners' Union, and in 1883 he became its president—a post he retained until 1889. After serving briefly in the Ohio legislature (as a Democrat, 1884–1888), McBride helped found the Ohio People’s Party in 1891. In 1892, McBride was elected president of the United Mine Workers. McBride's prominence continued to rise with the growth of the Populist