Mike Beese
| Full name | Michael Christopher Beese | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 8 October 1948 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bristol, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 19 October 2017 (aged 69) | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||||||||||||||||
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Michael Christopher Beese (8 October 1948 - 19 October 2017) was an English rugby union international.
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[edit]
- ^ "England man Beese set to rejoin Bath". Evening Post. 24 February 1973.
- ^ "Mike Beese to lead Somerset". Evening Post. 2 November 1972.
- ^ Evans, Daniel (30 May 2018). "The updated list of Bath Rugby's top 10 try-scorers of all time". Somerset Live.
- ^ Pillinger, Geoff. "Beese Mike". Bath Rugby Heritage.