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 Paul McBride John Paul McBride John Paul McBride (born 28 November 1978 in Hamilton) is a Scottish former football player. A childhood friend of future Rangers captain Barry Ferguson, McBride started his career as a youth player with Celtic after leaving Holy Cross High School. He was with Celtic's reserve team for three years before St Johnstone signed him for £200,000 in 1999. He made his debut on 31 July 1999 against Hearts. McBride scored his first professional goal on 18 December 1999 in St Johnstone's game against Kilmarnock. After suffering injury problems, he joined Danish club Aarhus Fremad on a non-contract