Bob Beattie (skiing)
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Bob Beattie in 1966
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| Born |
Robert Prime Beattie January 24, 1933 Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S. |
| Died | April 1, 2018 (aged 85) Fruita, Colorado, U.S. |
| Education | Middlebury College |
| Occupation | Sportscaster, skiing coach |
| Years active | 1955–2018 |
| Spouse(s) |
Kiki Cutter (m. 1971; div. 1973) Cheryl Britton (m. 1980; div. 1987) Marci Beattie (Until his death) |
Robert Prime Beattie (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 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, to Robert Archibald Beattie (1904–1975), a sales manager for a roofing company, and Katherine Simpson (née Prime; 1906–1995), a homemaker. He had a younger brother, John M. He graduated from Manchester Central High School in 1950. He attended Middlebury College in Vermont, where he participated in several sports, including football, tennis, cross country, and skiing. After graduating in 1955 with a degree in education, he remained at Middlebury as an assistant coach.
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. 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. In 1961, the U.S. Ski Association named Beattie the U.S. Ski Team's head alpine coach. He continued to work concurrently for the university until 1965.
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