Derry Beckett
Irish Gaelic footballer and hurler
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| Intro | Irish Gaelic footballer and hurler | |
| Places | Ireland | |
| is | Athlete Football player Gaelic football player Hurler | |
| Work field | Sports | |
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| Birth | 1 January 1918, Glanmire | |
| Age | 107 years |
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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.