He authored or co-authored three books,<ref name="colorado hall of fame"/> including ''My Ten Secrets of Skiing'' (Viking Press, NY; 1968)<ref>{{cite book|title=My Ten Secrets of Skiing|publisher=[[WorldCat]]|oclc=000470298}}</ref> and ''Bob Beattie's Learn to Ski'' (Bantam Books, 1967).<ref>{{cite book|title=Bob Beattie's Learn to Ski|publisher=[[WorldCat]]|oclc=900469}}</ref>
He authored or co-authored three books,<ref name="colorado hall of fame"/> including ''My Ten Secrets of Skiing'' (Viking Press, NY; 1968)<ref>{{cite book|title=My Ten Secrets of Skiing|publisher=[[WorldCat]]|oclc=000470298}}</ref> and ''Bob Beattie's Learn to Ski'' (Bantam Books, 1967).<ref>{{cite book|title=Bob Beattie's Learn to Ski|publisher=[[WorldCat]]|oclc=900469}}</ref>
He also played the announcer for the arm wresting championship in the 1987 movie ''[[Over the Top (1987 film)|Over the Top]]''.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}
He also played the announcer for the arm wrestling championship in the 1987 movie ''[[Over the Top (1987 film)|Over the Top]]''.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}
==Honors==
==Honors==
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For other people with the same name, see Bob Beattie.
Beattie was born in Manchester, New Hampshire, on January 24, 1933,[2][3] to Robert Archibald Beattie (1904–1975), a sales manager for a roofing company,[4] and Katherine Simpson (née Prime; 1906–1995), a homemaker.[5][6] He had a younger brother, John M.[5] He graduated from Manchester Central High School in 1950.[5][7] He attended Middlebury CollegeinVermont, where he participated in several sports, including football, tennis, cross country, and skiing.[2][4] After graduating in 1955 with a degree in education, he remained at Middlebury as an assistant coach.[2]
Coaching career
In 1956, Beattie was named acting coach of the school's ski team after coach Bobo Sheehan left to coach the alpine skiers on the 1956 U.S. Olympic Team.[2] In 1957, Beattie became the head skiing coach for the University of ColoradoinBoulder, and during his tenure the team won the NCAA national titles in 1959 and 1960.[8][2] In 1961, the U.S. Ski Association named Beattie the U.S. Ski Team's head alpine coach.[9][10] He continued to work concurrently for the university until 1965.[9][11][12]
Beattie continued to manage the World Pro Ski Tour until 1982,[14] and started hosting ESPN skiing programs in 1985.[24]
He authored or co-authored three books,[9] including My Ten Secrets of Skiing (Viking Press, NY; 1968)[25] and Bob Beattie's Learn to Ski (Bantam Books, 1967).[26]
He also played the announcer for the arm wrestling championship in the 1987 movie Over the Top.[citation needed]
Beattie had two children, Zeno and Susan, from his first marriage to Ann Dwinnell.[3][6] His second marriage was to Olympic skier Kiki Cutter[29][30] and lasted from 1971 to 1973.[4] He married a third time in 1980, to Cheryl Britton, a manager of a local secondhand clothing store,[4] and that marriage lasted until 1987.[citation needed] He was married to Marci Rose Beattie (née Cohen)[31] until his death in 2018.[6]
^ abcd"Bob Beattie – Athlete – 1986". Colorado Ski & Snowboard Museum Hall of Fame. Colorado Ski & Snowboard Museum. Archived from the original on February 23, 2014. Retrieved February 17, 2014.
^"Bob Beattie". Aspen Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on January 20, 2015. Retrieved February 17, 2014.