George Beattie (footballer)

George Beattie

Personal information
Full name	George Beattie
Date of birth	16 June 1925
Place of birth	Aberdeen, Scotland
Date of death	10 March 2012 (aged 86)
Place of death	Newport, Wales
Playing position	Inside Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1947–1948	Southampton	1	(0)
1948–1950	Gloucester City	?	(?)
1950–1953	Newport County	113	(26)
1953–1955	Bradford Park Avenue	53	(16)
	Tonbridge
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

George Beattie (born 16 June 1925 in Aberdeen) was a Scottish professional footballer. An inside forward he began his career with Southampton but only played 1 game in the 1947-48 season.

Beattie briefly played for Gloucester City before he joined Newport County in 1950. He went on to make 113 Football League appearances for Newport scoring 26 goals.^[1]

In 1953 he joined Bradford Park Avenue and in 1955 he joined Tonbridge.

He died on 10 March 2012 in Newport^[2][3]

References

1. Newport County A-Z of transfers
2. Gloucester City obituary
3. Beattie memorial