{{short description|English footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}} {{Use British English|date=April 2016}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Roy Beckett | image = | fullname = Roy Wilson Beckett<ref name="The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City"/> | birth_date = 20 March 1928<ref name="The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City"/> | birth_place = Stoke-on-Trent, England<ref name="The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City"/> | death_date = 11 September 2008 (aged 80) | death_place = Poole, England | position = Defender | youthyears1 = 1942 | youthclubs1 = Milton Youth Club | years1 = 1943–1950 | clubs1 = Burslem Albion | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 1950–1954 | clubs2 = Stoke City | caps2 = 14 | goals2 = 1 | years3 = 1953 | clubs3 = Northwich Victoria| caps3 = | goals3 = }} '''Roy Wilson Beckett''' (20 March 1928 – 11 September 2008) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Stoke City.<ref name="The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City">{{cite book|last=Matthews|first=Tony|title=The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City|year=1994|publisher=Lion Press|isbn=0-9524151-0-0}}</ref>
==Career== Beckett was born in Stoke-on-Trent and played football with Milton Youth Club and Burslem Albion before joining Stoke City in 1950.<ref name="The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City"/> He was used as a back-up player and in four seasons with the club he played in fifteen matches scoring once against Everton on 13 January 1951.<ref name="The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City"/> After he left Stoke in 1954 he went on to play for Northwich Victoria.<ref name="The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City"/>
==Career statistics== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|FA Cup !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="4"|Stoke City<ref name="The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City"/> |1950–51 |First Division |3||1||1||0||4||1 |- |1951–52 |First Division |3||0||0||0||3||0 |- |1952–53 |First Division |4||0||0||0||4||0 |- |1953–54 |Second Division |4||0||0||0||4||0 |- !colspan="3"|Career Total !14!!1!!1!!0!!15!!1 |}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Beckett, Roy}} Category:English men's footballers Category:Stoke City F.C. players Category:Northwich Victoria F.C. players Category:English Football League players Category:1928 births Category:2008 deaths Category:Men's association football defenders Category:Footballers from Stoke-on-Trent Category:20th-century English sportsmen