Jerry Beckett

Jerry Beckett
Personal information
Irish nameDiarmaid Beicéid
SportGaelic Football
PositionForward
Born1887
Kilgarvan, County Kerry, Ireland
OccupationNational school teacher
Club(s)
YearsClub
1900s-1920sLees
Club titles
Cork titles5
Inter-county(ies)*
YearsCountyApps (scores)
1907-1917Cork15 (1-2)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles2
All-Irelands1
*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

  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. Retrieved 10 April 2012.