Colin Bettany

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Colin Bettany
Personal information
Full name	Colin David Bettany
Date of birth	June 15, 1932
Place of birth	Leicester, England
Position	Full-back
Youth clubs
?-1953	Leicester City
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1953-1955 1955-1957 1957-1966 1966-?	Crewe Alexandra Birmingham City Torquay United Nuneaton Borough	29 (6) 0 (0) 335 (4)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Colin David Bettany (born June 15, 1932) was an English professional footballer.

Bettany, a Leicester-born full-back, was an amateur with his local side Leicester City when he signed professional with Crewe Alexandra in August 1953. 6 goals in 29 league games led to a transfer to Birmingham City in June 1955, but in 2 years at St. Andrews he was never to make a league appearance. In April 1957 he joined Torquay United, making his debut at centre-forward on the opening day of the following season in a 3-0 defeat away to Colchester United. After three games Bettany lost his place as Torquay manager Eric Webber shuffled his side to allow Dennis Lewis to return after injury.

After two games on the sidelines, Bettany returned to the side, but at full-back where he was to establish himself in the Torquay side. Between April 4, 1958 and August 31, 1963 Bettany was an ever-present in the Torquay league side (a run of 195 consecutive appearances, a figure bettered only by Dennis Lewis for Torquay. This spell included all 46 games in Torquay's 1959-60 Fourth Division promotion season. He eventually made 335 league appearances, scoring 4 times, before returning the Midlands, joining non-league Nuneaton Borough.