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**John** **Beckwith**
Personal information
Birth	16th September 1932
Recruited from
Height and weight	180 cm, 76 kg
Playing career¹
Debut	Round 1, 1951, Melbourne vs. Essendon, at Windy Hill
Team(s)	Melbourne (1951-1960) 176 games, 19 goals
Coaching career¹
Team(s)	Melbourne 1968-70
	¹ Statistics to end of 2007 season
Career highlights
	; Melbourne captain 1957-59; Melbourne Best and Fairest 1957; Melbourne premiership player 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960;

John Beckwith (born 16 September 1934) is a former Australian rules football player and coach.

Before he first played against Essendon at Windy Hill. Essendon had been premiers the previous year and it was the unfurling of the 1950 premiership flag. The players had to line up, and General Sir Dallas Brooks, the Governor of Victoria, came past. Beckwith was 19 years of age, and meeting the governor as well as trying to play a game of football was really terrifying. During his first game, he could remember he kicked a goal.

Beckwith was a member of Melbourne premiership sides in 1955-57 and 1959-60. He won a club best and fairest award in 1957, and captained the Demons in 1957-59.

Beckwith spent five years as captain-coach of Colac FC in the Hampden FL from 1961-1965. Under his guildance Colac won two premierships and were runners up twice.

Beckwith was an assistance coach in at Melbourne in 1966. He coached Melbourne from 1967 to 1970 for 19 wins and 46 losses.

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Preceded by Stuart Spencer	Melbourne Best and Fairest 1957	Succeeded by Laurie Mithen