Derry Beckett
Athlete
1918 –
Who is Derry Beckett?
Derry Beckett 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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