Bobby Beattie

Bobby Beattie
Personal information
Full name Robert Beattie
Date of birth (1916-01-24)24 January 1916
Place of birth Stevenston, Scotland
Date of death 21 September 2002(2002-09-21) (aged 86)[1]
Youth career
Kilwinning Rangers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1932–1937 Kilmarnock 120 (43)
1937–1954 Preston North End 264 (49)
1954–1956 Wigan Athletic 19 (5)
National team
1938 Scotland 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Robert "Bobby" Beattie (born 24 January 1916 – 21 September 2002), also known as Bobbie Beattie, was a Scottish footballer, who played for Kilwinning Rangers, Kilmarnock, Preston North End and Wigan Athletic. He also represented Scotland once, in 1938.[2]

Beattie started his senior career with Kilmarnock and scored 43 goals in 120 Scottish Football League appearances for the club. He was sold to Preston North End in October 1937 for £2,500.[3] He joined a club which already had several Scottish players, including Andy Beattie and Bill Shankly.[4] During his first season with the club, Beattie was part of the team that won the 1938 FA Cup Final.[4] Competitive football stopped due to the Second World War, but Beattie continued to play for Preston when the Football League resumed in 1946–47 and did not leave the club until 1953.[4] He made a total of 264 appearances in the Football League, scoring 49 goals. He finished his career with Wigan Athletic, appearing 19 times in the Lancashire Combination and scoring five times.[5]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.pneformerplayers.co.uk/formerplayers/old_boys_remembered.html
  2. ↑ "Robert Beattie". www.londonhearts.com. London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  3. ↑ "Robert Beattie". Spartacus Educational. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  4. 1 2 3 English, Tom (26 April 2008). "Tom English: 'They become immortal. They're all dead but their memories live on'". The Scotsman (Johnston Press). Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  5. ↑ Hayes, Dean (1996). The Latics: The Official History of Wigan Athletic F.C. Harefield: Yore Publications. ISBN 1-874427-91-7.
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