Red Beattie

Red Beattie
Date of birth	October 2, 1907
place of birth	Ibstock , England , UK
date of death	December 26, 1990
Place of death	Chemainus , British Columbia , Canada
Nickname	Red
size	175 cm
Weight	77 kg
position	Left wing
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
1925-1928	Edmonton Superiors
1928-1930	Vancouver Lions
1930	Springfield Indians
1930-1937	Boston Bruins
1937-1938	Detroit Red Wings
1938	New York Americans New Haven Eagles
1941-1942	Vancouver Norvans
1942-1943	Victoria VMD Vancouver Army

John "Jack" Beattie (born October 2, 1907 in Ibstock , England , † December 26, 1990 in Chemainus , British Columbia , Canada ) was a British ice hockey player who, in the course of his active career between 1928 and 1943, among other things, 358 games for the Boston Bruins , Detroit Red Wings and New York Americans played in the National Hockey League on the left winger position .

Career

Born in England but raised in Edmonton , Canada , Beattie started his career in the Canadian province of British Columbia . There he was active between 1928 and 1930 for the Vancouver Lions in the Pacific Coast Hockey League , where he established himself as a profitable scorer .

In May 1930, the Lions sold the striker together with Joe Jerwa for $ 25,000 to the New York Rangers from the National Hockey League , who only used him with the Springfield Indians from the Canadian-American Hockey League . Due to a dispute over the validity of his contract with the Rangers, Beattie was awarded the Boston Bruins in December of that year . In the Bruins, the native British played despite a broken leg during the 1931/32 season for the following seven seasons alongside Cooney Weiland , Dit Clapper and Nels Stewart . In December 1937 it was finally given to the Detroit Red Wings in exchange for Gord Pettinger . After only eleven missions, he was passed on for Joe Lamb to the New York Americans the following month . There he ended the season and played a few more in the following season before the Amerks exercised their rights and brought Lamb back and Beattie withdrew from the NHL.

Between 1941 and 1943 he completed a few more amateur games in the Vancouver region . Beattie died on December 26, 1990 at the age of 83.

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	9	334	62	85	147	137
Playoffs	6th	24	4th	2	6th	8th

Web links

• Red Beattie at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Red Beattie at eliteprospects.com (English)