Derry Beckett Explained

Code:Hurling
Derry Beckett
Irish:Doire Beicéid
Fullname:Derry Beckett
Birth Date:24 December 1919
Birth Place:Glanmire, County Cork, Ireland
Death Date:August 1959
Death Place:Macclesfield, England
Feet:5
Inches:7
County:Cork
Province:Munster
Club:Sarsfields / Glanmire
St Finbarr's
UCC
Clcountyh:0
Clcountyf:0
Counties:Cork (football)
Cork (hurling)
Icpositionh:Left corner-forward
Icpositionf:Left corner-forward
Icyears:1945-1947
1941-1946
Icapps(Points):4 (2-10)
5 (6-3)
Icprovincef:1
Icprovinceh:1
Icallirelandh:1
Icallirelandf:1
Nhl:0
Nfl:0

Jeremiah Beckett (24 December 1919 – August 1959) was an Irish Gaelic footballer and hurler who played left corner-forward for the Cork senior teams.

Beckett joined the hurling team during the 1941 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen in both codes until his retirement after the 1947 football championship. During that time he won one All-Ireland medal and one Munster medal in hurling as well as one All-Ireland medal and one Munster medal in football. Beckett is one of only eighteen dual players to have won All-Ireland medals in both codes.[1]

At club level Beckett played his club hurling and football with a range of clubs including Sarsfields, Glanmire, St Finbarr's and UCC.

Notes and References

  1. News: Teddy sounds warning to dual chasing Kerins . . 28 August 2001 . 1 November 2010 . Martin . Breheny.