Derry Beckett Gaelic games player

Derry Beckett (born 1918) was an Irish Gaelic footballer and hurler who played as a 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.At club level Beckett played his club hurling and football with a range of clubs including Sarsfield's, Glanmire, St. Finbarr's and UCC.

Personal facts

Birth dateJanuary 01, 1918
Birth place
Glanmire , County Cork

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teams
UCC GAA
Glanmire GFC
Sarsfields GAA (Cork)
St. Finbarr's GAA

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