Jock Beattie

For the 1980s Scotland rugby union international player, see John Beattie (rugby union). For the Glasgow Warriors and 2006-15 Scotland rugby union international player, see Johnnie Beattie.

Jock Beattie

Birth name	John Armstrong Beattie
Date of birth	(1907-01-05)5 January 1907
Place of birth	Hawick, Scotland
Date of death	10 February 1977(1977-02-10) (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 () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1929–36 Scotland 23 (0) Barbarians

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

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'". 29 May 2020.
3. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000577/19380117/026/0004 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
4. "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Jock Beattie - Test matches". ESPN scrum.