Jerry Beckett
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Diarmaid Beicéid | ||
| Sport | Gaelic Football | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Born | 1887 Kilgarvan, County Kerry, Ireland |
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| 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]
