Frank Beattie
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Frank Whitfield Beattie | ||
| Date of birth | 17 October 1933 | ||
| Place of birth | Stirling, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 19 November 2009 (aged 76) | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1954–1972 | Kilmarnock | 422 | (34) |
| National team | |||
| 1961 | Scottish League XI | 1 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1972–1973 | Albion Rovers | ||
| 1973–1974 | Stirling Albion | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Frank Whitfield Beattie (17 October 1933 – 19 November 2009) was a Scottish football player and manager. He spent his entire senior playing career with Kilmarnock, making 422 league appearances between 1954 and 1972. He was captain of Kilmarnock when they won the Scottish league championship in 1964–65. After retiring as a player, Beattie managed Albion Rovers and Stirling Albion.
Frank Beattie was born in St Ninian's Stirling on 17 October 1933. Frank started playing football at an early age for his school St Modan's in Stirling. He later moved up to juvenile level with Dunipace and Cowie before then joining Bonnybridge Juniors. During his time at Bonnybridge Juniors scouts from several Scottish clubs were looking at him and then in October 1953 just six weeks after signing for Bonnybrodge Frank signed for Kilmarnock
Frank Beattie was brought to Kilmarnock by the then manager Malky MacDonald. Frank spent the first season playing for the reserve team. Frank's favoured position was inside-left but, Frank first played for Kilmarnock in an unfamiliar role on the right of the attack during his debut against St Mirren in the League Cup tie at Love Street on 4 September 1954 . This did not impact on his performance because he scored the goal to give Kilmarnock the lead at half time. The game ended in a 3-2 defeat for Kilmarnock and Frank was dropped for the first League game of the season the following week. Frank made his Kilmarnock league debut against Partick Thistle on 9 October 1954. Like the game at Love Street Frank scored the only goal of the first half but again like Love Street, Kilmarnock lost the game but Frank did do enough to keep his place in the team for the next two games. Frank struggled to stay in the team during his first full season. That was the only season that Frank played in a Kilmarnock team that was threatened by relegation.
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