Dick Rockett
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Hiberno-English Script error: No such module "infobox3cols".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
His retirement came prior to the start of the 1959 championship.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Honours
Team
- Slieverue
- Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship (1): 1954
- Kilkenny
- All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (1): 1957
- Leinster Senior Hurling Championship (2): 1957, 1958
- Oireachtas Cup (1): 1957
- All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship (1): 1951
- Leinster Junior Hurling Championship (1): 1951
- Leinster
- Railway Cup (1): 1956
References
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