SOCCER PLAYER

Kevin Beattie

1953 - 2018

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Kevin Beattie is the 10,145th most popular soccer player (down from 10,053rd in 2024), the 6,950th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,850th in 2019) and the 590th most popular British Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Kevin Beattie ranks 10,145 out of 21,273. Before him are Hideki Matsunaga, Mantorras, Jean-Philippe Mateta, Roda Antar, Tiffeny Milbrett, and Steve Wooddin. After him are Anthony Le Tallec, José Pintos Saldanha, Frédéric Herpoel, Cho Yong-hyung, Deyverson, and Hirotaka Uchibayashi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Kevin Beattie ranks 691. Before him are Pippa Norris, Dennis Daugaard, Kathleen Wynne, Karl-Heinz Brunner, Chris Smith, and Dwight Stones. After him are Linda A. Morabito, Hina Jilani, Kath Soucie, Victoria Wood, Nanci Griffith, and Sylvia Steiner. Among people deceased in 2018, Kevin Beattie ranks 609. Before him are Pamela Gidley, Reggie Lucas, Takayuki Fujikawa, Roland Baar, Adrian Lamo, and Cyrille Regis. After him are Michele Monti, John Allen Chau, Rouzan al-Najjar, Richard A. Searfoss, Ken Dodd, and Vlatko Ilievski.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Kevin Beattie ranks 6,952 out of 8,785. Before him are Barry Ferguson (1978), Dhani Harrison (1978), Penny Mordaunt (1973), Liam Fox (1961), Douglas Murray (1979), and Steve Wooddin (1955). After him are Antony Costa (1981), Sammy McIlroy (1954), Con O'Neill (1966), Robert Glenister (1960), Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham (1909), and Angela Bailey (1962).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Kevin Beattie ranks 590. Before him are Ben Watson (1985), Steve Nicol (1961), Des Walker (1965), Terry Fenwick (1959), Barry Ferguson (1978), and Steve Wooddin (1955). After him are Sammy McIlroy (1954), Dean Saunders (1964), Paul Merson (1968), Bobby Johnstone (1929), Ashley Westwood (1990), and Kieron Dyer (1978).

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