William
James McBride he was born in 1940 on 6 of June and he was born at Toomebridge, Northern
Ireland. He 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 and 17 for lions test.
They first defeated South Africa (the springboks) in 1965 when he played for
Ireland national team. Also, they defeated Australian in Sydney in their own
country and the last game was against France, at this match he scored near the
end of the match. His last international game was against Wales on Saturday 15
March 1975. He lives in Ballyclare, The last job he did was coached the Irish
team and was manager of the 1983 Lions tour to New Zealand. He was an inaugural
inductee into the International Rugby Hall of Fame and he was named in Rugby
World magazine as "Heineken Rugby Personality of the Century".
