Bob Beatty times, every year between 1980-83. The team never won the championship; the Cardinals were eliminated in the 1980 and 1983 semifinals, the 1981 quarterfinals and the 1982 championship match. In 1986, Beatty left the college and moved to Blue Springs, Missouri. He was also a teacher during his time at the school. In 1982, while Beatty was offensive coordinator, William Jewell College reached the NAIA Division II Football National Championship, where they played against Linfield College. According to multiple sources, including the Kansas City Star and "The Statesman Journal", which covered the event, William Jewell lost mainly because of the
John Beatty (illustrator) to OrlandoCon and make a weekend of it. On this particular occasion, Beatty took some art samples to show professional attendees, comics artists such as Pat Broderick and Bob McLeod (who were living on the west coast of Florida in Tampa). This was also the con where Beatty met AC Comics publisher and artist Bill Black. Beatty showed samples to Black and was offered inking work on the spot; he would get to ink Black's pencils at a rate of $7.00 per page. Beatty's career began to take shape: Bob McLeod tagged him to start doing some assistant work, such