{{Short description|English footballer (born 1965)}} {{About|the English footballer|the Australian artist|Christopher Beaumont}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}} {{Use British English|date=May 2016}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Chris Beaumont | fullname = Christopher Paul Beaumont | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|12|5|df=y}} | birth_place = Sheffield, England | height = {{height|ft=5|in=11}} | position = Midfielder | years1 = 1987–1988 | clubs1 = Denaby United | caps1 = ? | goals1 = ? | years2 = 1988–1989 | clubs2 = Rochdale | caps2 = 34 | goals2 = 7 | years3 = 1989–1996 | clubs3 = Stockport County | caps3 = 258 | goals3 = 39 | years4 = 1996–2001 | clubs4 = Chesterfield | caps4 = 158 | goals4 = 6 | years5 = 2001–2002 | clubs5 = Ossett Town | caps5 = 37 | goals5 = 6 | totalcaps = 487 | totalgoals = 58 }} '''Christopher Paul Beaumont''' (born 5 December 1965) is an English retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder for several teams in the Football League. Perhaps his best remembered spell was with Chesterfield which saw Beaumont score the winning goal in the 1996-97 FA Cup quarter final against Wrexham.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/beaumont-puts-spireites-in-sight-of-twin-towers-football-1272028.html |title=Beaumont puts Spireites in sight of twin towers: Football |work=The Independent |date=10 March 1997 |accessdate=28 September 2012}}</ref> He also came on as a substitute in the semi-final against Middlesbrough at Old Trafford and set up Jamie Hewitt's dramatic equaliser to take the tie to a replay.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-hewitt-keeps-the-chesterfield-dream-alive-1267030.html |title=Hewitt keeps the Chesterfield dream alive |work=The Independent |date=13 April 1997 |accessdate=1 May 2010 | location=London | first=Phil | last=Shaw}}</ref> Beaumont played for the Spireites over 150 times and left the club in 2001 which resulted in a spell at Ossett Town. Beaumont used to run a post office but now works at a local secondary school in Sheffield. He is known to attend frequent Stockport County matches when time allows.<ref name="Where are they Now?">[http://www.chesterfield-fc.co.uk/page/MainFeature/0,,10435~1012053,00.html] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100520012945/http://www.chesterfield-fc.co.uk/page/MainFeature/0%2C%2C10435~1012053%2C00.html|date=20 May 2010}}, Chesterfield F.C.</ref>
==References== {{reflist}} *{{cite book|first=Barry|last=Hugman|title=The PFA Premier and Football League Players' Records 1946-2005|year=2005|publisher=Queen Anne Press}} *{{soccerbase|536|Chris Beaumont}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Beaumont, Chris}} Category:1965 births Category:Living people Category:Denaby United F.C. players Category:Footballers from Sheffield Category:English men's footballers Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Rochdale A.F.C. players Category:Stockport County F.C. players Category:Chesterfield F.C. players Category:Ossett Town A.F.C. players Category:English Football League players Category:20th-century English sportsmen