Jerry Beckett
Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Diarmaid Beicéid | ||
Sport | Gaelic Football | ||
Position | Forward | ||
Born |
1887 Kilgarvan, County Kerry, Ireland | ||
Occupation | National school teacher | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
1900s-1920s | Lees | ||
Club titles | |||
Cork titles | 5 | ||
Inter-county(ies)* | |||
Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
1907-1917 | Cork | 15 (1-2) | |
Inter-county titles | |||
Munster titles | 2 | ||
All-Irelands | 1 | ||
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 23:20, 10 April 2012. |
Jeremiah A. "Jerry" Beckett (born 1887) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played as a forward for the Cork senior team.
Beckett made his first appearance for the team during the 1907 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen for the following ten years. During that time he won one All-Ireland medal and two Munster medals.[1]
At club level Beckett was a multiple county championship medalist with Lees.
Beckett's son, Derry, was a dual All-Ireland medalist with Cork in the 1940s.[2]
References
- ↑ "Munster Senior Football Winning Teams". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
- ↑ "The most famous challenge match in Carlow GAA history". Carlow People. 24 May 2011. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
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