Derry Beckett
CodeHurling
IrishDoire Beicéid
Birth date24 December 1919
Birth placeGlanmire, County Cork, Ireland
Death dateAugust 1959
Death placeMacclesfield, England
Feet5
Inches7
CountyCork
ProvinceMunster
ClubSarsfields / Glanmire
St Finbarr's
UCC
Clcountyh0
Clcountyf0
CountiesCork (football)
Cork (hurling)
IcpositionhLeft corner-forward
IcpositionfLeft corner-forward
Icyears1945-1947
1941-1946
Icapps(points)4 (2-10)
5 (6-3)
Icprovincef1
Icprovinceh1
Icallirelandh1
Icallirelandf1
Nhl0
Nfl0

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.

References

  1. ^ Breheny, Martin (28 August 2001). "Teddy sounds warning to dual chasing Kerins". Irish Independent. Retrieved 1 November 2010.