Derry Beckett

Derry Beckett
Personal information
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
Cork titles	0
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
1945-1947; 1941-1946	Cork (football); Cork (hurling)
Inter-county titles
	Football
Munster Titles	1
All-Ireland Titles	1
League titles	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.

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

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