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'''Robert Prime Beattie'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterrecords.com/voter/1140027/robert-beattie|title=Robert Prime Beattie's Colorado Voter Registration|publisher=VoterRecords}}</ref> (January 24, 1933 – April 1, 2018) was an American [[Alpine skiing|skiing]] [[Coach (sport)|coach]], skiing promoter and [[sports commentator|commentator]] for [[ESPN on ABC|ABC Sports]] and [[ESPN]]. He was head coach of the [[United States Ski Team|U.S. Ski Team]] from 1961 to 1969<ref name="stowe reporter 2013"/> and co-founded the [[FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|Alpine Skiing World Cup]] in 1966. His work as a ski-racing commentator for [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] included four [[Winter Olympic Games]], from 1976 through 1988.
'''Robert Prime Beattie'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterrecords.com/voter/1140027/robert-beattie|title=Robert Prime Beattie's Colorado Voter Registration|publisher=VoterRecords}}</ref> ({{IPAc-en|b|iː|ˈ|æ|t|t|iː}} {{respell|bee|AT|tee}};<ref name="nyt obit"/> January 24, 1933 – April 1, 2018) was an American [[Alpine skiing|skiing]] [[Coach (sport)|coach]], skiing promoter and [[sports commentator|commentator]] for [[ESPN on ABC|ABC Sports]] and [[ESPN]]. He was head coach of the [[United States Ski Team|U.S. Ski Team]] from 1961 to 1969<ref name="stowe reporter 2013"/> and co-founded the [[FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|Alpine Skiing World Cup]] in 1966. His work as a ski-racing commentator for [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] included four [[Winter Olympic Games]], from 1976 through 1988.
==Early life==
==Early life==
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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,[3][4] to Robert Archibald Beattie (1904–1975), a sales manager for a roofing company,[5] and Katherine Simpson (née Prime; 1906–1995), a homemaker.[6][2] He had a younger brother, John M.[6] He graduated from Manchester Central High School in 1950.[6][7] He attended Middlebury CollegeinVermont, where he participated in several sports, including football, tennis, cross country, and skiing.[3][5] After graduating in 1955 with a degree in education, he remained at Middlebury as an assistant coach.[3]
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.[3] 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][3] 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.[4][2] His second marriage was to Olympic skier Kiki Cutter[29][30] and lasted from 1971 to 1973.[5] He married a third time in 1980, to Cheryl Britton, a manager of a local secondhand clothing store,[5] and that marriage lasted until 1987.[citation needed] He was married to Marci Rose Beattie (née Cohen)[31] until his death in 2018.[2]
^ 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.