// Workers AI · dad joke modeWho's Jerry Beckett? A guy with a great beck and call.
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| Born | 4 June 1886 Cromane, County Kerry, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 30 May 1943 (aged 56) Glanmire, County Kerry, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | National school teacher | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Gaelic Football | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.[1]
At club level Beckett was a multiple county senior championship medal winner with Lees.[citation needed]
Beckett's son, Derry, was a dual All-Ireland medal winner with Cork in the 1940s.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Munster Senior Football Winning Teams". Munster GAA website. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
- ↑ "The most famous challenge match in Carlow GAA history". Carlow People. 24 May 2011. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
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