Big Artie passes away

[chook 56]

R I P Big Fella.

[Guest]

saddest news..He will be forever remembered for the Rugby Leauge great he is, and Easts legend.RIP Artie

[Guest]

Sad news indeed. A true great of the game and of the Roosters. RIP big man.

[Guest]

Vale Arthur. A little piece of my heart has gone with you.

[Kingbilly]

Terrible news.
A true Roosters and RL legend.
I am glad I got to hear him speak at Glenn's function, but wish I could hear him again.
He will be missed.

[007]

RIP Artie - A gentleman who also gave up his time to speak at Billy Gunns Benefit night recently. I got to shake the big mans hand. What an honour. He and Johnny Peard were hilarious together.

Nice post Horry.

RIP Artie.....fond memories of you playing when I was a youngster. The '75 Grand Final the icing on the cake.

[Guest]

A sad day indeed. RIP big man.

Chook.

[Guest]

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[Guest]

Truly a sad day! RIP Artie, legend!

[RooSta]

Rip u rooster legend

[supermario]

The Arthur Beetson Stats and facts File:

Nickname: Big Artie
Born: January 22, 1945
Birthplace: Roma, Queensland
Position: Prop
Height: 188cm
Weight: 105kg

Playing Career


Club


Redcliffe (1964-1965, 1981)
Balmain Tigers (1966-1970) 74 matches, 6 tries
Hull Kingston Rovers (England, 1968)
Eastern Suburbs (1971-1978) 131 matches, 17 tries
Parramatta Eels (1979-1980) 18 matches, 1 try

Representative


New South Wales (1966-1977) 18 matches
Queensland (1980-1981) 3 matches, 1 Origin
Australia (1966-1977) 28 matches, 1 try

Coaching Career


Club


Eastern Suburbs (1977-1978, 1985-1988, 1994) 165 matches
Redcliffe (1981-1982)
Cronulla-Sutherland (1992-1993) 44 matches

Representative


Queensland (1981-1984, 1989-1990) 16 matches
Australia (1983) 1 match

Honours

Named in Australian Rugby League's 100 greatest players
Named prop in Australian Rugby League team of the century
Named prop in Queensland Rugby League team of the century
Named prop in Indigenous Australian rugby league team of the century
1987 Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM).
2000 Australian Sports Medal
2001 Centenary Medal "for service to Australian society through the sport of rugby league".
2003 Inducted into Australian Rugby League Hall of Fame
2004 Named an "Immortal"
2008 Retrospectively awarded Clive Churchill Medal as Man of the Match in 1974 grand final

[Guest]

Sad news indeed. Artie will be missed greatly. He will now parnter Ray Steyr in the front row in the great Roosters team in the sky. He will have two decent centres to offload to......Dave Brown and Dally Messenger.

A sad day in Roosters history.

[Ray Stehr]

he would have kiiled it in todays game.

He would've killed it in any era. RIP Artie, whenever I saw him it reminded me of our club's greatest era. Massive loss.

[Rocky Rhodes]

Very sad news indeed. It was Rooster legends such as Beetson and Fairfax etc that brought me to Easts. Shook his hand the evening we won our 2002 GF, that was one of my league highlights.

I guess we will be playing for the Beetson shield against the Tigers next yr.

R.I.P Big Artie, gone but definitely not forgotten. He will long live in our memories....

[Guest]

This news saddens me, what a legend. I met him when i was a kid at Easts leagues. RIP Big Artie. Great man, one helluva player and all time Rooster.