Pat Beasley

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Pat Beasley
Personal information
Full name	Albert Beasley
Date of birth	July 16, 1913
Place of birth	Stourbridge, Worcestershire, England
Date of death	February 27, 1986 (aged 72)
Place of death	Taunton, England
Playing position	Midfielder
Youth clubs
	Cookley Stourbridge
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1931-1937 1937-1939 1946-1950 1950-1952	Arsenal Huddersfield Town Fulham Bristol City	079 (19) 108 (24) 153 (13) 066 0(5)
National team
1939	England	001 0(0)
Teams managed
1950-1958 1959-1960 1961-1964	Bristol City Birmingham City Dover
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Albert "Pat" Beasley (July 16, 1913 — 27 February 1986) was a professional footballer and manager.

Contents 1 Football career 2 Honours 2.1 As a player 2.2 As a manager 3 References

[edit] Football career

Born in Stourbridge, Worcestershire, Beasley began his career as a winger playing for local sides in Kidderminster, before joining Stourbridge. In 1931, while still only seventeen he was signed for £550 by Arsenal. Initially in the youth and reserve teams, he made his first-team debut away to Sunderland on April 6, 1932, but only played sporadically at first, with regulars Joe Hulme and Cliff Bastin keeping the young Beasley out of the side.

An injury to Hulme in 1933-34 opened the door for Beasley, who scored ten goals in 23 league games as Arsenal won the First Division title, and he remained in the side for the 1934-35 season. However Beasley faced competition from both Hulme and new signing Alf Kirchen, and he missed the Gunners' 1936 FA Cup Final win over Sheffield United. In October 1936 he was sold to Huddersfield Town for £750. In total he made 90 appearances for Arsenal, scoring 25 goals.

He spent three full seasons with Huddersfield Town, playing 108 league games, and reaching a second FA Cup Final in 1938, which they lost to Preston North End. In 1939 he won his one and only England in a match against Scotland. He also won two unofficial caps during the Second World War, in which he also occasionally guested for his old side Arsenal.

He continued to play after hostilities ended; after playing for Fulham, he became Bristol City's player-manager in 1950. He was manager until 1958. He became manager of Birmingham City in 1959 but was only in the post for a year. He later scouted for Fulham and managed Dover. He retired to live in Chard, Somerset, and died in Taunton at the age of 72.

[edit] Honours

[edit] As a player

• with Arsenal
  • Football League First Division champions 1934, 1935
• with Huddersfield Town
  • FA Cup runner-up 1938
• with Bristol City
  • Football League Second Division champions 1950

[edit] As a manager

• with Bristol City
  • Football League Third Division South champions 1955
• with Birmingham City
  • Inter-Cities Fairs Cup runner-up 1960

[edit] References

• England profile
• Harris, Jeff & Hogg, Tony (ed.) (1995). Arsenal Who's Who. Independent UK Sports. ISBN 1-899429-03-4. 
• Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books, p. 62. ISBN 1-85983-010-2. 

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