| John McBride | |
| Birth Date: | 31 December 1923 |
| Birth Place: | Kilsyth, Scotland |
| Death Date: | Unknown |
| Death Place: | Unknown |
| Position: | Goalkeeper |
| Years1: | 1941–1948 |
| Years2: | 1948–1952 |
| Years3: | 1952–1955 |
| Years4: | 1959 |
| Clubs1: | Third Lanark |
| Clubs2: | Reading |
| Clubs3: | Shrewsbury Town |
| Clubs4: | Aberdeen |
| Caps2: | 100 |
| Caps3: | 78 |
| Caps4: | 3 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Manageryears1: | 1957–1959 |
| Managerclubs1: | Pakistan |
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.
McBride 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. He later featured for Shrewsbury Town between 1952 and 1955. He also served as player-coach of the club in 1954.
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] He volunteered to play for a month before leaving to work in Egypt as coach for National Sporting Club of Cairo.[5] [6] [7]
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.
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]