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 | 1918 Glanmire, County Cork, Ireland | ||
Died | August 1959 Macclesfield, England | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
Sarsfield's / 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 |
Derry Beckett (1918 - 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 Sarsfield's, Glanmire, St. Finbarr's and UCC.
References
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