Derry Beckett
Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Doire Beicéid | ||
Sport | Dual player | ||
Football Position: | Left corner-forward | ||
Hurling Position: | Left corner-forward | ||
Born | 24 December 1919 Glanmire, County Cork, Ireland | ||
Died | August 1959 Macclesfield, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
Sarsfields / Glanmire St Finbarr's UCC | |||
Club titles | |||
Football | Hurling | ||
Cork titles | 0 | 0 | |
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
1945-1947 1941-1946 | Cork (football) Cork (hurling) | 4 (2-10) 5 (6-3) | |
Inter-county titles | |||
Football | Hurling | ||
Munster Titles | 1 | 1 | |
All-Ireland Titles | 1 | 1 | |
League titles | 0 | 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.
References
- ^ Breheny, Martin (28 August 2001). "Teddy sounds warning to dual chasing Kerins". Irish Independent. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
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- 1 N. Porter
- 2 W. Murphy
- 3 B. Thornhill
- 4 C. Murphy
- 5 A. Lotty
- 6 D. J. Buckley
- 7 J. Young
- 8 J. Lynch (c)
- 9 P. O'Donovan
- 10 C. Ring
- 11 S. Condon
- 12 M. Kennefick
- 13 C. Tobin
- 14 J. Quirke
- 15 D. Beckett
- Sub used
- 16 J. Buttimer for N. Porter
- Subs not used
- 17 C. Cottrell
- 18 J. Buckley
- 19 J. O'Neill
- 20 B. O'Regan
- Trainer
- J. Barry
- Selectors
- J. Leahy
- P. Collins
- J. Foley
- T. McCarthy
- D. Connolly
Partial Reference: Cork GAA website Inter-County SHC Results and Teams. 1940-1949 Information from Peter Devine. Accessed 17 July 2010.