Kevin Beattie

Quick Facts

Full Name	Kevin Beattie
Occupation	Football Player
Date Of Birth	Dec 18, 1953(1953-12-18)
Age	71
Date Of Death	September 16, 2018, Ipswich, United Kingdom
Birthplace	Carlisle
Country	United Kingdom
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Kevin Beattie Biography

Kevin Beattie is one of the most popular and richest Football Player who was born on December 18, 1953 in Carlisle, United Kingdom.

Thomas Kevin Beattie (18 December 1953 – 16 September 2018) was an English footballer. Born into poverty, he played at both professional and international levels, mostly as a centre-half. He spent the majority of his playing career at Ipswich Town, the club with which he won both the FA Cup and the UEFA Cup. He was also named the inaugural Professional Footballers’ Association Young Player of the Year at the end of the 1972–73 season, and featured in the film Escape to Victory alongside many of his Ipswich teammates.

Beattie met his future wife Margaret Boldy, known as Maggie, in the late 1960s or early 1970s in a youth club near to his apprentice accommodation, Beattie describing it as “love at first sight”. They married in 1974, and soon afterward she appeared in Radio Times in a “Footballers’ Wives” feature; at that point the couple were still living in a “modest” club-owned house. Maggie was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis during the mid-1980s; she was later confined to a wheelchair, with Beattie as her carer in their council-owned bungalow. They had three daughters, Emma, Sarah and Louise.

Kevin Beattie Net Worth

Kevin Beattie is one of the richest Football Player from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Kevin Beattie 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Thomas Kevin Beattie was born in Carlisle on 18 December 1953. His family lived in the Botcherby estate and he was one of nine children: five boys and four girls. He became known by his middle name, as his father was also named Thomas Beattie. Beattie’s mother was a cleaner at a Lipton tea shop, whilst his father worked for the National Coal Board, delivering coal. The elder Thomas played amateur football as a goalkeeper and once had a trial with Aston Villa, but turned down an offer to join the club as he could earn more working for the Coal Board. After he was forced to give up work due to a back problem, the family suffered financially and were often short of food, leading to the young Beattie taking fruit and vegetables from local allotments. In later life, he recalled, “There was often only food on the table when Dad had backed a winning horse, or else won a game of darts, or dominoes down at his local pub.”

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Beattie was fit to play by the start of the 1977–78 season, but a knee injury sustained in a league match led to him withdrawing from the England squad to face Luxembourg. Further investigation revealed he had damaged cartilage in his knee, which required an operation. Having had three weeks’ recuperation and a cortisone injection, he was restored to the Ipswich squad in time to play in the third round UEFA Cup home leg against FC Barcelona. Ipswich won the fixture 3–0, and even though he suffered a reaction in his knee, he insisted he was able to play in the away leg. Robson disagreed, and Beattie was left out of the side for the game; Ipswich were knocked out on penalties. Cortisone injections became commonplace for Beattie, who returned to the team in time for the FA Cup fourth-round victory against Hartlepool. Although Ipswich’s form in the league was poor, they were safe from relegation by the time they faced West Bromwich Albion in the FA Cup semi-final at Highbury, a game for which Beattie was given the all-clear. A 3–1 victory saw Ipswich into the final, yet the next day his knee was once again swollen and his participation in the final was in jeopardy. According to Beattie, “the boss secretly told me that if I felt fit enough to play then I was in”. Robson did not announce the Cup final team until the last minute: it included a formation change to include five midfielders and Paul Mariner as a lone striker – and Beattie in defence. Roger Osborne’s late goal for Ipswich was the only score of the game, and they won the trophy. Beattie had three cortisone injections to get through the final. Following the cup final success, he and teammates Robin Turner and David Geddis were awarded the freedom of Carlisle. Beattie had represented Ipswich 21 times during the course of the season, without scoring a goal.

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Shortly into the 1978–79 season, Beattie suffered problems with his other knee. Two further operations followed, and he was confined to treatment and physiotherapy, only, in his words, “wheeled out for the really big games”. Overall, he made 26 appearances that season, scoring twice. The 1979–80 season saw him make just 12 appearances, twice as substitute, and score twice, as his post-match recuperation took weeks, not days. He also played a “bit-part” in the 1980–81 season, usually as a striker instead of his usual position of centre-half. However, his defensive role in the two-leg victory over the Czechoslovakian team Bohemians, in the second round of the 1980–81 UEFA Cup, for which he was awarded man of the match, proved vital to Ipswich’s season. Although irregularly selected as a result of his injuries, Beattie played in the fourth round, first leg 4–1 away victory over AS Saint-Étienne, whose team included Michel Platini and Johnny Rep. Ipswich won the home leg 3–1 without Beattie. He played his last match for Ipswich in April 1981, in an FA Cup semi-final loss to Manchester City in which he broke his arm. Ipswich won the UEFA Cup at the end of the season, but Beattie was not presented with a winner’s medal as he did not play in the final or even appear on the bench, through injury; 26 years later, a petition was organised by Rob Finch, the writer of Beattie’s 2007 biography The Greatest Footballer England Never Had, calling on UEFA to right the wrong. Beattie was finally awarded a medal by UEFA president Michel Platini at the 2008 UEFA Cup Final between Rangers and Zenit Saint Petersburg.

Top Facts about Kevin Beattie

1. Kevin Beattie was an English footballer born in 1953.
2. He played as a defender for Ipswich Town from 1971-1981.
3. Beattie won the PFA Young Player of the Year award in 1973.
4. He made 296 appearances and scored 32 goals for Ipswich Town.
5. Beattie earned nine caps for the England national team.
6. Injuries cut short his career at age 28.
7. Beattie passed away on September 16, 2018, at age 64.
8. He is widely regarded as one of Ipswich Town’s greatest players.
9. A statue of Beattie was unveiled outside Portman Road stadium in August 2021.
10. His legacy lives on through The Beat Goes On campaign to raise funds for dementia research and support services in Suffolk, UK.

How old is Kevin Beattie?

64 years (1953–2018)

Where was Kevin Beattie born?

Carlisle, United Kingdom

Is Kevin Beattie still alive?

September 16, 2018

Where is Bryan Robson now?

Manchester United F.C.

Where is Bryan Robson from?

Chester-le-Street, United Kingdom