John Beattie (footballer)

{{short description|Scottish footballer}}

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{{Use British English|date=July 2015}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Jack Beattie

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| fullname = John Murdoch Beattie

| birth_date = {{birth date|1912|5|28|df=y}}

| birth_place = Newhills, Aberdeen, Scotland

| death_date = {{death date and age|1992|1|15|1912|5|28|df=y}}

| death_place = Wolverhampton, England

| height = 5 ft 9 in{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/sunday-dispatch-football-guide-1936-x-di/134435795/ |title=Blackburn Rovers. Search for inside man |newspaper=Sunday Dispatch Football Guide |location=London |date=23 August 1936 |page=x |via=Newspapers.com}}

| position = Inside forward

| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Hall Russell's FC

| years1 = 1931–1933 | clubs1 = Aberdeen | caps1 = 60 | goals1 = 12

| years2 = 1933–1934 | clubs2 = Wolverhampton Wanderers | caps2 = 44 | goals2 = 13

| years3 = 1934–1937 | clubs3 = Blackburn Rovers | caps3 = 76 | goals3 = 17

| years4 = 1937–1938 | clubs4 = Birmingham | caps4 = 36 | goals4 = 10

| years5 = 1938 | clubs5 = Huddersfield Town | caps5 = 3 | goals5 = 0

| years6 = 1938–1939 | clubs6 = Grimsby Town | caps6 = 59 | goals6 = 13

| totalcaps = 278 | totalgoals = 65

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John Murdoch Beattie (28 May 1912 – 15 January 1992), generally known as Jack Beattie, was a Scottish professional association footballer who played as an inside forward. He played in the Scottish League for Aberdeen, and made more than 200 appearances in the English Football League representing Wolverhampton Wanderers, Blackburn Rovers, Birmingham, Huddersfield Town and Grimsby Town before his career was brought to an end by the Second World War. He was born in Newhills, Aberdeen, Scotland, and died in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England at the age of 79.