Alan Beer (born 11 March 1950) is a

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-born former

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who played as a

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in the

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during the 1970s, most notably with

Exeter City Exeter City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Exeter, Devon, England. The team play in , the third tier of the English football league system. Known as "the Grecians", the origin of their nickname is subject to ...

. He started his career with home-town's

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, before progressing to play for Swansea's senior team

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. After 15 league appearances he moved into

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football with

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but returned to the Football League with Exeter City in 1974/75. He made over 100 league appearances for Exeter, and was part of the team that were promoted from

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in 1976–77, including scoring two goals in an amazing 4–3 win at Barnsley, in which Exeter had trailed 3–0 at half time. Following his retirement from football, he worked in a car dealership.

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