Jock Beattie

Jock Beattie (5 January 1907 – 10 February 1977) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]

Jock Beattie

Birth name	John Armstrong Beattie
Date of birth	5 January 1907
Place of birth	Hawick, Scotland
Date of death	10 February 1977 (aged 70)
Place of death	Hawick, Scotland
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) - Hawick Linden () - Hawick () - Co-Optimists () Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) - South of Scotland District () 1938 Scotland Possibles () 1938 Scotland Probables () National team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1929–36 Scotland 23 (0) Barbarians

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Beattie played for Hawick Linden.[2]

He then played for Hawick.[2]

He played for the Co-Optimists.[2]

Provincial career

Beattie captained the South of Scotland District side.[2]

He played for the Scotland Possibles side against the Scotland Probables side in the final trial match of the 1937-38 season to determine international selection. He impressed the selectors in the first half and then turned out for the Probables in the second half.[3]

International career

He played for Scotland 23 times in the period 1929 to 1936.[4]

He also represented the Barbarians.[2]

References

1. "John Armstrong Beattie". ESPN scrum.
2. "Greens greats: Jock Beattie, 'the hardest forward ever seen'". May 29, 2020.
3. "Register | British Newspaper Archive". www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk.
4. "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Jock Beattie - Test matches". ESPN scrum.