[1] He played at both half back and left wing during his football career and won many trophies for middle-distance running.

After steering Barry Town to their first ever league championship in 1921, the summer of 1923 saw Beaumont appointed as manager of Third Division South side Aberdare Athletic.

Beaumont left that summer, but was soon appointed as manager of Blackpool,[3] another club with severe financial problems at that time.

The team struggled, losing five of their first six league games (a draw at Swansea on the opening day being the exception to the rule).

Eventually, in May 1928, with the team in the bottom three, he resigned — at the time becoming the club's shortest-serving manager with 42 League games to his name.