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Bob Beattie
Bob Beattie in 1966
Born
Robert Prime Beattie
(1933-01-24 ) January 24, 1933
Died April 1, 2018(2018-04-01) (aged 85 )
Education Middlebury College Occupation(s ) Sportscaster , skiing coach Years active 1955–2018 Spouse(s )
(m. 1971; div. 1973)
(m. 1980; div. 1987)
Marci Beattie (Until his death)
Robert Prime Beattie [1] [2] (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[3] 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.
Early life
Beattie was born in Manchester, New Hampshire , 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] He attended Middlebury College in Vermont , where he participated in several sports, including football, tennis, cross country, and skiing.[3] [7] After graduating in 1955 with a degree in education, he remained at Middlebury as an assistant coach.[3]
Coaching career
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 .[3] In 1957, Beattie became the head skiing coach for the University of Colorado in Boulder , 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]
During his coaching years, he was known as a demanding coach,[13] driving his athletes hard.[3] [14] [7] At the 1964 Winter Olympics in Austria , 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 .[3] [14] During the 1968 Winter Olympics in France , the U.S. Ski Team won no medals, and Beattie was criticized for his tough coaching style.[7] [15] [16] He stepped down as the U.S. Ski Team's coach in April 1969.[7] [17] [18]
Promotion and commentating
In 1966, Beattie co-founded the World Cup for alpine skiing .[14] After stepping down as U.S. team coach in 1969, he founded the World Pro Ski Tour in 1970 and worked in promoting it.[19] He 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 Olympics : the games of 1976, 1980, 1984,[3] and 1988.[20] He also covered Volleyball at the 1984 Summer Olympics .[21] Beattie later worked as ABC's winter sports correspondent, which also involved non-alpine sports,[22] and occasionally worked as an announcer for non-winter sports on ABC's Wide World of Sports program.[23]
He continued to manage the World Pro Ski Tour until 1982.[14] He started hosting ESPN skiing programs in 1985.[23]
Beattie had authored or co-authored three books,[9] including My Ten Secrets of Skiing (Viking Press, NY; 1968)[24] and Bob Beattie's Learn to Ski (Bantam Books, 1967).[25]
Honors
Beattie was given the AT&T Skiing Award in 1983.[26] 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.[27]
Personal life
Beattie had two children, Zeno and Susan, from his first marriage.[28] [29] His second marriage was to Olympic skier Kiki Cutter [30] [31] and lasted from 1971 to 1973.[7] 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.[28] He was married to Marci Beattie until his death in 2018.[28]
Beattie died on April 1, 2018, in Fruita, Colorado , from a long illness at the age of 85.[28] [29] [6]
References
^ "Robert Prime Beattie's Colorado Voter Registration" . VoterRecords.
^ a b c d e f g h Morrill, Greg (February 28, 2013). "America's top alpine ski racing promoter" . The Stowe Reporter . Stowe, Vermont . Retrieved February 17, 2014 .
^ a b Martin, Frank W. (February 18, 1980). "Coaching or Kibitzing on the Olympics, Bob Beattie Is America's Indomitable Snowman" . People archives.
^ a b c Brown, Janice (November 14, 2016). "Manchester NH Athlete, Legendary Skiing Coach and Promoter, Sports Commentator & Hall of Famer: Robert P. "Bob" Beattie (1933–2018)" . Cow Hamsphire Blog.
^ a b Sandomir, Richard (April 3, 2018). "Bob Beattie, 85, Olympic Ski Coach and ABC Sports Analyst, Dies" . The New York Times.
^ a b c d e Martin, Frank W. (February 18, 1980). "Coaching or Kibitzing on the Olympics, Bob Beattie Is America's Indomitable Snowman" . People . Retrieved February 17, 2014 .
^ a b "Robert Beattie" . National Ski Hall of Fame . Retrieved February 17, 2014 .
^ a b c d "Bob Beattie – Athlete – 1986" . Colorado Ski & Snowboard Museum Hall of Fame . Colorado Ski & Snowboard Museum. Retrieved February 17, 2014 .
^ "Bob Beattie" . Aspen Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 17, 2014 .
^ "Post announces Beattie contract" . Spokesman-Review . Associated Press. June 30, 1965. p. 12.
^ "Beattie on leave" . Spokesman-Review . Associated Press. July 2, 1965. p. 17.
^ Eck, Frank H. (January 25, 1964). "Coach Beattie says U.S. skiers 2nd to Austrians" . The Free Lance–Star . Fredericksburg, Virginia. Associated Press. p. 6.
^ a b c d e f Meyer, John (April 3, 2012). "Pioneer Bob Beattie set the stage for U.S. ski racers" . The Denver Post . Retrieved February 17, 2014 .
^ "Beattie ducks controversy; explains dropping McCoy" . The Spokesman-Review . Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. February 1, 1968. p. 13.
^ Jerome, John (November 1968). "The Beattie Machine" . Skiing : 77.
^ "Beattie to quit on April 1 as U.S. ski coach" . The Bulletin . Bend, Oregon. UPI. December 3, 1968. p. 6.
^ "Bob Beattie quitting U.S. skiing berths" . The Morning Record . Meriden, Connecticut. Associated Press. December 3, 1968. p. 10.
^ "World Pro Skiing 1980–81" . Skiing : 61. October 1980.
^ Washington Post (February 13, 1988). "ABC has new technology for Winter Olympics" . The Register-Guard . Eugene, Oregon . Retrieved February 17, 2014 .
^ "Games of the XXIII Olympiad, The {1984 Los Angeles Olympics} {1984/08/02}, Part 1: Boxing (Men), Volleyball (Women) (TV )" . Paley Center for Media . Retrieved February 18, 2014 .
^ Nidetz, Steve (December 8, 1989). "The Soviets Help Fuel A Most Chilling Adventure" . Los Angeles Times . Retrieved February 18, 2014 .
^ a b "Bob Beattie, the patriarch of American skiing, dies at 85" . The Denver Post . April 2, 2018. Retrieved April 2, 2018 .
^ "My Ten Secrets of Skiing" . WorldCat . Retrieved February 18, 2014 .
^ "Bob Beattie's Learn to Ski" . WorldCat . Retrieved February 18, 2014 .
^ Lochner, Bob (March 12, 1992). "Skiing: Dave McCoy Fits Well With This Elite Group" . Los Angeles Times . Retrieved February 18, 2014 .
^ "Ski Writer John Meyer Honored at Beaver Creek" . United States Ski and Snowboard Association . Retrieved February 18, 2014 .
^ a b c d Graham, Pat (April 2, 2018). "Bob Beattie, pioneer of Alpine skiing's World Cup circuit, dies at 85" . The Boston Globe . Associated Press. Retrieved April 2, 2018 .
^ a b "Founder Of U.S. Ski Team, Bob Beattie, Passes Away" . Team USA. April 2, 2018.
^ "Beattie-Cutter" . The Bulletin . Bend, Oregon. Weddings and engagements. September 4, 1971. p. 3.
^ Anstine, Dennis (June 28, 1972). "Beatties keep skiing alive in June" . The Bulletin . Bend, Oregon. p. 10.
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