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Nationality | Canadian |
Born | Kilsyth, Scotland | 4 February 1934
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Sport | Boxing |
Edward Beattie (born 4 February 1934) is a Canadian boxer. He competed in the men's lightweight event at the 1956 Summer Olympics. [1]
John Llewellyn Davies was a New Zealand Olympic bronze medallist and president of the New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC).
Sir David Stuart Beattie, was an Australian-born New Zealand judge who served as the 14th governor-general of New Zealand, from 1980 to 1985. During the 1984 constitutional crisis, Beattie was nearly forced to dismiss the sitting prime minister, Robert Muldoon.
James Frederic Heuga was an American alpine ski racer who became one of the first two members of the U.S. men's team to win an Olympic medal in his sport. After multiple sclerosis prematurely ended his athletic career, he became an advocate of exercise and activity to combat the disease.
Gail Amundrud-Beattie is a former competition freestyle swimmer from Canada.
James Louis Beattie is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played for the New York Yankees and Seattle Mariners from 1978 to 1986. He also served as the Montreal Expos' general manager from 1995 to 2001, and was the Baltimore Orioles' general manager with Mike Flanagan from 2003 to 2005. As of 2010, Beattie served as a professional scout in the Toronto Blue Jays organization through the 2018 season. Beattie retired from his decades-long career in MLB at the end of the 2018 season. Beattie starred in baseball and basketball at South Portland High School in South Portland, Maine.
Martin Patrick Cross is a British retired oarsman, and current teacher.
Edward Lansing Gordon Jr. was an American athlete, who competed mainly in the long jump.
William Beattie Ramsay was a Canadian ice hockey player. He won an Olympic gold medal as a member of the Toronto Granites ice hockey team that represented Canada in ice hockey at the 1924 Winter Olympics. He later played 43 games in the National Hockey League with the Toronto Maple Leafs during the 1927–28 season.
Edward Peerman Moore was an American rower who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.
George Beattie was a Canadian sport shooter who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics, 1920 Summer Olympics and 1924 Summer Olympics.
Edward Emil Knourek was an American track and field athlete who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics. In 1920 he finished fourth in the pole vault competition.
Edward Leo Farrell was an American track and field athlete who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts and died in Watertown, Massachusetts. In 1912 he finished 13th in the triple jump event and 14th in the long jump competition.
Richard Courtney Stanhope is a British retired rower.
David G. H. Townsend is a British rower who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Philip Garth Beattie is a former hurdler from Northern Ireland. Born in Belfast, he won the gold medal in the 400 metres hurdles for Northern Ireland at the 1986 Commonwealth Games, and represented Great Britain at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. He grew up and trained with the famous singer David Nagy.
Carlee Beattie is an Australian Paralympic athletics competitor. A congenital arm amputee, she won the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and a gold medal at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in the Women's Long Jump. She represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.
Robert Prime Beattie 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.
Edward Aggrey-Fynn was a Ghanaian footballer. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
The men's lightweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1956 Summer Olympics. The weight class was allowed boxers of up to 60 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 23 November to 1 December 1956. 18 boxers from 18 nations competed.
John Arthur Sullivan was a Canadian journalist and writer. He worked for The Canadian Press from 1929 to 1975, where he served as the sports editor for 27 years, and covered the Olympic Games, the Stanley Cup, the Commonwealth Games, and the Grey Cup. He amassed background information on players, coaches, when no previous database had existed, which was subsequently used as a reference by sports media across Canada. He later served as the head researcher for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in preparation for coverage of the 1976 Summer Olympics. He was inducted into the builder category of Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1983, and was posthumously inducted into the Football Reporters of Canada section of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1994.