Kevin Beattie
Appearance
![]() Beattie in 2007 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Thomas Kevin Beattie | ||
Date of birth | 18 December 1953 | ||
Place of birth | Carlisle, England | ||
Date of death | 16 September 2018 | (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]
Honours
[change | change source]Ipswich Town
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Finch, p. 56.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Ex-England and Ipswich Town player Kevin Beattie dies". BBC News. 16 September 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2018.