Personal information | |||
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Sport | Hurling | ||
Position | Left corner-forward | ||
Born | 1931 Slieverue, County Kilkenny, Ireland | ||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
Occupation | Farmer | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
Slieverue | |||
Club titles | |||
Kilkenny titles | 1 | ||
Inter-county(ies)* | |||
Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
1953-1959 | Kilkenny | 12 (13-4) | |
Inter-county titles | |||
Leinster titles | 2 | ||
All-Irelands | 1 | ||
NHL | 0 | ||
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 16:41, 28 June 2014. |
Richard Rockett (born 1931) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the Kilkenny senior team. [1] [2]
Born in Slieverue, County Kilkenny, Rockett first played competitive hurling during his schooling at De La Salle College. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of twenty when he first linked up with the Kilkenny junior team. He made his senior debut in the 1953-54 National League. Rockett played a key role for the team for the next few years and won one All-Ireland medal and two Leinster medals. [3] [4]
Rockett also represented the Leinster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions, winning one Railway Cup medal. At club level he was a one-time championship medallist with Slieverue.[ citation needed ]
His retirement came prior to the start of the 1959 championship.[ citation needed ]
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