William James
McBride
McBride was a rugby football player
for Ireland . He was born at Toomebridge, County Antrim and he played 11 times
as captain of Ireland’s team. The first team they beat was South Africa in 1962. Also they beat three teams in their own
countries which are South Africa, New Zealand and Australia. He played with a famous player of this game who
is Gordon Brown. He ended his international career on the 15 of March 1975 and
got a job as coach in the Irish team and was manager of the 1983 British and
Irish Lion tour to New Zealand. Then he lived in Ballyclare and won an award in
a rugby magazine which is “Heineken
Rugby Personality of the Century” in 2004.
