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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Doire Beicéid | ||
| Football Position: | Left corner-forward | ||
| Hurling Position: | Left corner-forward | ||
| Born | (1919-12-24)24 December 1919 Glanmire,County Cork, Ireland | ||
| Died | August 1959(1959-08-00) (aged 39) Macclesfield,England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||
| Club | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Sarsfields /Glanmire St Finbarr's UCC | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Football | Hurling | ||
| Cork titles | 0 | 0 | |
| Inter-county | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
1945-1947 1941-1946 | Cork (football) Cork (hurling) | 4 (2-10) 5 (6-3) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Football | Hurling | ||
| Munster Titles | 1 | 1 | |
| All-Ireland Titles | 1 | 1 | |
| League titles | 0 | 0 | |
Jeremiah Beckett (24 December 1919 – August 1959) was anIrishGaelic footballer andhurler who played left corner-forward for theCork senior teams.
Beckett joined the hurling team during the1941 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen in both codes until his retirement after the1947 football championship. During that time he won oneAll-Ireland medal and oneMunster medal in hurling as well as oneAll-Ireland medal and oneMunster medal in football. Beckett is one of only eighteendual 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 includingSarsfields,Glanmire,St Finbarr's andUCC.