Jerry Beckett

Jerry Beckett
Personal information
Irish name Diarmaid Beicéid
Sport Gaelic Football
Position Forward
Born (1886-06-04)4 June 1886
Cromane, County Kerry, Ireland
Died 30 May 1943(1943-05-30) (aged 56)
Glanmire, County Kerry, Ireland
Occupation National school teacher
Club(s)
Years Club
 Lees
Club titles
Cork titles 5
Inter-county(ies)*
Years County Apps (scores)
1907-1917
 Cork 15 (1-02)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 2
All-Irelands 1
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 23:20, 10 April 2012.

Jeremiah Alphonsus Beckett (4 June 1886 – 30 May 1943), better known as Jerry Beckett, 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 senior championship medal winner with Lees.[citation needed]

Beckett's son, Derry, was a dual All-Ireland medal winner with Cork in the 1940s.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Munster Senior Football Winning Teams". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
  2. ^ "The most famous challenge match in Carlow GAA history". Carlow People. 24 May 2011. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2012.