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In 1966, Beattie co-founded the [[FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|World Cup]] for [[alpine skiing]].<ref name=denver-post-2012/> After stepping down as U.S. team coach in |
In 1966, Beattie co-founded the [[FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|World Cup]] for [[alpine skiing]].<ref name=denver-post-2012/> After stepping down as U.S. team coach in 1969,<ref name=resskipo>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vgpWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TeEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5707%2C835775 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |agency=Associated Press |title=Beattie resigns ski position |date=December 3, 1968 |page=2B}}</ref> he founded the [[World Pro Ski Tour]] in 1970 and worked in promoting it,<ref name=wpseeo>{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NCOK1FxOE0YC&pg=RA1-PA61#v=onepage&q&f=false |journal=Skiing |title=World Pro Skiing 1980–81 |agency=supplement |date=October 1980 |page=61}}</ref> and became a [[NASTAR]] commissioner in 1970.<ref name=denver-post-2012/> [[ABC Sports]] hired him as a ski-racing commentator, where he was frequently paired with [[Frank Gifford]], a former [[National Football League|NFL]] [[running back]]. Beattie's television work included alpine commentary during ABC's coverage of four [[Winter Olympics]] in [[Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics|1976]], [[Alpine skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics|1980]], [[Alpine skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics|1984]],<ref name="stowe reporter 2013"/> and [[Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics|1988]],<ref>{{cite news|title=ABC has new technology for Winter Olympics|author=[[The Washington Post]]|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DOhVAAAAIBAJ&pg=5555%2C2666509|accessdate=February 17, 2014|newspaper=[[The Register-Guard]]|location=[[Eugene, Oregon]]|date=February 13, 1988|at=TV Week section, p. 3}}</ref> and also covered [[Volleyball at the 1984 Summer Olympics|volleyball]] at the [[1984 Summer Olympics]].<ref name=paley-center-1984>{{cite web|title=Games of the XXIII Olympiad, The {1984 Los Angeles Olympics} {1984/08/02}, Part 1: Boxing (Men), Volleyball (Women) (TV)|url=http://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?q=news&p=25&item=T86:1363|publisher=[[Paley Center for Media]] |accessdate=February 18, 2014}}</ref> He later worked as ABC's winter sports correspondent, which also involved non-alpine sports,<ref name=la-times-1989>{{cite news|last=Nidetz|first=Steve|title=The Soviets Help Fuel A Most Chilling Adventure|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1989-12-08/sports/8903160540_1_south-pole-fuel-resupply|accessdate=February 18, 2014|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=December 8, 1989}}</ref> and occasionally worked as an announcer for non-winter sports on ABC's ''[[Wide World of Sports (U.S. TV series)|Wide World of Sports]]'' program.<ref name="DPO">{{cite web|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2018/04/02/bob-beattie-dies-co-founded-world-cup-skiing/|title=Bob Beattie, the patriarch of American skiing, dies at 85|newspaper=The Denver Post|accessdate=April 2, 2018|date=April 2, 2018}}</ref> |
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Beattie continued to manage the World Pro Ski Tour until 1982,<ref name=denver-post-2012/> and started hosting [[ESPN]] skiing programs in 1985.<ref name="DPO"/> |
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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> |
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==Honors== |
==Honors== |
Bob Beattie
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Bob Beattie in 1966
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Born | Robert Prime Beattie (1933-01-24)January 24, 1933 |
Died | April 1, 2018(2018-04-01) (aged 85)
Fruita, Colorado, U.S.
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Education | Middlebury College |
Occupation(s) | Sportscaster, skiing coach |
Years active | 1955–2018 |
Spouse(s) |
(m. 1971; div. 1973)Cheryl Britton
(m. 1980; div. 1987)Marci Beattie (Until his death) |
Robert Prime Beattie[1] (January 24, 1933 – April 1, 2018) was an American skiing coach, skiing promoter and commentator for ABC Sports and ESPN. He was head coach of the U.S. Ski Team from 1961 to 1969[2] and co-founded the Alpine Skiing World Cup in 1966. His work as a ski-racing commentator for ABC included four Winter Olympic Games, from 1976 through 1988.
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]
In 1956, he 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]
During his coaching years, he was known as a demanding coach,[13] driving his athletes hard.[2][14][4] At the 1964 Winter OlympicsinAustria, the Beattie-coached U.S. team won two medals, both in the men's slalom: a silver earned by Billy Kidd and a bronze by Jimmie Heuga.[14] They were the country's first-ever Olympic medals in men's skiing.[2][14] During the 1968 Winter OlympicsinFrance, the U.S. Ski Team won no medals, and Beattie was criticized for his tough coaching style.[4][15][16] He stepped down as the U.S. Ski Team's coach in April 1969.[4][17][18]
In 1966, Beattie co-founded the World Cup for alpine skiing.[14] After stepping down as U.S. team coach in 1969,[19] he founded the World Pro Ski Tour in 1970 and worked in promoting it,[20] and became a NASTAR commissioner in 1970.[14] ABC Sports hired him as a ski-racing commentator, where he was frequently paired with Frank Gifford, a former NFL running back. Beattie's television work included alpine commentary during ABC's coverage of four Winter Olympicsin1976, 1980, 1984,[2] and 1988,[21] and also covered volleyball at the 1984 Summer Olympics.[22] He later worked as ABC's winter sports correspondent, which also involved non-alpine sports,[23] and occasionally worked as an announcer for non-winter sports on ABC's Wide World of Sports program.[24]
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]
Beattie was given the AT&T Skiing Award in 1983.[27] He was inducted into the National Ski Hall of Fame in 1984.[8] He was inducted into the Colorado Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame in 1986.[9] He was the 1997 recipient of the International Ski Federation's Journalist Award.[28]
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]
Beattie died on April 1, 2018, in Fruita, Colorado, from a long illness at the age of 85.[32][3][6]
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