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
Lori Gear McBride two years remaining on her contract. Gear McBride's tenure culminated worst winning percentage of any University of Vermont women's basketball coach (.257) since the 1984-85, when women's basketball became an officially sponsored sport by the America East. She is married to Pat McBride, the Director of Major Gifts for the athletic department at the University of Vermont. Lori Gear McBride Lori Gear McBride (born July 27, 1974) a Canadian-American basketball player and coach, and former head coach of the University of Vermont Catamounts women's basketball team. Gear McBride was born in Lennoxville, Quebec, and played scholastically at Alexander Galt HS