Mike Beese

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Mike Beese
Full nameMichael Christopher Beese
Date of birth(1948-10-08)8 October 1948
Place of birth Bristol, England
Date of death19 October 2017(2017-10-19) (aged 69)
Height6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1972 England 3 (4)

Michael Christopher Beese (8 October 1948 - 19 October 2017) was an English rugby union international.

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Beese was born in Bristol and attended Keynsham Grammar School. [1]

A centre, Beese was a Somerset captain and spent much of his career with Bath, scoring 95 tries in 317 appearances for the club. [2] [3] He also played for Liverpool while studying at Liverpool Polytechnic, from where he was picked to play for England in the 1972 Five Nations Championship, gaining three caps. [4]

Beese was a town planner by profession.

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References

  1. ↑ "England man Beese set to rejoin Bath". Evening Post . 24 February 1973.
  2. ↑ "Mike Beese to lead Somerset". Evening Post. 2 November 1972.
  3. ↑ Evans, Daniel (30 May 2018). "The updated list of Bath Rugby's top 10 try-scorers of all time". Somerset Live .
  4. ↑ Pillinger, Geoff. "Beese Mike". Bath Rugby Heritage.
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