James Beckett (20 October 1884 – 19 March 1971) was an Irish

water polo Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with the ...

player. He competed in the men's tournament at the

1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIIe olympiade) and also known as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The op ...

. He was the uncle of

Samuel Beckett Samuel Barclay Beckett (; 13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989) was an Irish novelist, dramatist, short story writer, theatre director, poet, and literary translator. His literary and theatrical work features bleak, impersonal and tragicomic expe ...

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* 1884 births 1971 deaths Irish male water polo players Olympic water polo players for Ireland Water polo players at the 1924 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing Samuel Beckett Irish Free State sportsmen {{Ireland-waterpolo-bio-stub