Jeremiah Alphonsus Beckett (4 June 1886 – 30 May 1943), better known as Jerry Beckett, was an

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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

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medal and two Munster medals. At club level Beckett was a multiple county senior championship medal winner with Lees. Beckett's son, Derry, was a dual All-Ireland medal winner with Cork in the 1940s.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Beckett, Jerry 1886 births 1943 deaths Nils Gaelic footballers Cork inter-county Gaelic footballers Irish schoolteachers Winners of one All-Ireland medal (Gaelic football) People from the Iveragh Peninsula