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| Native name | Doire Beicéid (Irish) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1919-12-24)24 December 1919 Glanmire, County Cork, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | August 1959(1959-08-00) (aged 39) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Football Position | Left corner-forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hurling Position | Left corner-forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jeremiah Beckett (24 December 1919 – August 1959) was an Irish Gaelic footballer and hurler who played 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.[1]
At club level Beckett played his club hurling and football with a range of clubs including Sarsfields, Glanmire, St Finbarr's and UCC.
References
- ^ Breheny, Martin (28 August 2001). "Teddy sounds warning to dual chasing Kerins". Irish Independent. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
