| Code: | Hurling |
| Sport: | Hurling |
| Dick Rockett | |
| Feet: | 5 |
| Inches: | 11 |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| County: | Kilkenny |
| Province: | Leinster |
| Club: | Slieverue |
| Clposition: | Midfield |
| Clcounty: | 1 |
| Counties: | Kilkenny |
| Icposition: | Left corner-forward |
| Icyears: | 1953-1959 |
| Icapps(Points): | 12 (13-4) |
| Icprovince: | 2 |
| Icallireland: | 1 |
| Nhl: | 0 |
| Icupdate: | 16:41, 28 June 2014 |
| Birth Date: | 1931 |
| Birth Place: | Slieverue, County Kilkenny, Ireland |
Richard Rockett (born 1931) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the Kilkenny senior team.[1] [2]
Born in Slieverue, County Kilkenny, Rockett first played competitive hurling during his schooling at De La Salle College. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of twenty when he first linked up with the Kilkenny junior team. He made his senior debut in the 1953-54 National League. Rockett played a key role for the team for the next few years and won one All-Ireland medal and two Leinster medals.[3] [4]
Rockett also represented the Leinster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions, winning one Railway Cup medal. At club level he was a one-time championship medallist with Slieverue.
His retirement came prior to the start of the 1959 championship.