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 |
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| Died | August 1959 Macclesfield, England |
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| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
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Sarsfield's / Glanmire St. Finbarr's UCC |
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| 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) |
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| 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 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.
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