• Robert Prime Beattie (/biːˈættiː/ bee-AT-tee; January 24, 1933 – April 1, 2018) was an American skiing coach, skiing promoter and commentator for ABC Sports and ESPN.
  • The Bob Beattie Ski Foundation envisions the dual racing format being the primary ski racing format at all levels.
  • Bob Beattie How did a Middlebury College football player become the most important figure in promoting alpine ski racing in the United States?
  • A three-sport athlete at Middlebury College (skiing, football and tennis) Bob Beattie’s first coaching assignment came when he was only 22.
  • Bob Beattie created the concept of the U.S. Ski Team while coaching at the University of Colorado in the early 1960s, co-founded skiing’s World Cup tour in 1966...
  • In 1961, the National Ski Association picked University of Colorado coach Bob Beattie to renovate the national program.
  • f Billy Kidd, Bob Beattie and Jimmy Heuga at the Innsbruck Winter Olympics in 1964. Kidd and Heuga were on the U.S. Ski Team and Beattie was the U.S...
  • In 1984 Bob Beattie was inducted into the National Ski Hall of Fame (now known as U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association).