Jerry Beckett
Gaelic footballer
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| Intro | Gaelic footballer | |
| Places | Ireland | |
| was | Football player Athlete Gaelic football player | |
| Work field | Sports | |
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| Birth | 1887, Kilgarvan, Ireland | |
| Death | 30 May 1943 (aged 56 years) | |
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Biography
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.
At club level Beckett was a multiple county senior championship medal winner with Lees.
Beckett's son, Derry, was a dual All-Ireland medal winner with Cork in the 1940s.