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Kevin Beattie

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Kevin Beattie
Beattie in 2007
Personal information
Full name Thomas Kevin Beattie
Date of birth (1953-12-18)18 December 1953
Place of birth Carlisle, England
Date of death 16 September 2018(2018-09-16) (aged 64)
Place of death Ipswich, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1]
Position(s) Centre-half
Youth career
1971–1972 Ipswich Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1972–1981 Ipswich Town 228 (24)
1982 Colchester United 4 (0)
1982 Middlesbrough 4 (0)
1983–1986 Barnet
Harwich & Parkeston
1983–1984 Sandvikens IF
1987 Kongsberg IF
1988 Nybergsund IL-Trysil
Clacton Town
National team
1972–1975 England U23 9 (1)
1975–1977 England 9 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Thomas Kevin Beattie (18 December 1953 – 16 September 2018) was an English footballer. He played as a central defender. At a club level, he played most famously for Ipswich Town 307 times. He won the FA Cup in 1978 and UEFA Cup in 1981 with Ipswich. He has been called Ipswich Town's best ever player.[2] He played nine times for the England national team, scoring one goal. Other clubs he played for include Colchester United and Middlesbrough.

Beattie was born in Carlisle. He died of a heart attack on 16 September 2018 in Ipswich, Suffolk, aged 64.[3]

Ipswich Town

References

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  1. Finch, p. 56.
  2. Bacon, Mike (16 September 2018). "Kevin Beattie: Liverpool's loss was Ipswich Town's gain....But sadly, an injury-plagued career". East Anglian Daily Times. Archived from the original on 16 September 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  3. "Ex-England and Ipswich Town player Kevin Beattie dies". BBC News. 16 September 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2018.