McGhee began his career in his native Ayrshire with Cronberry in 1878 and then Lugar Boswell two years later before moving to Edinburgh side Hibernian in 1883.
[1] Hibernian had been founded for the benefit of Edinburgh's immigrant Irish Catholic population but the club quickly became a beacon for the Irish-Catholic minority throughout Scotland.
He had also been at the centre of an incident that resulted in crowd disturbance in a Rosebery Cup match between the sides in 1886, when his tackle broke the leg of Hearts opponent Peter Bell.
[5] McGhee left Hearts in December 1909 after he had suspended the club's star player Bobby Walker due to a breach in team discipline (missing a game).
Bart would play for the United States as an outside left, earning selection in their squad for the 1930 World Cup and scoring their first goal at the finals.