Dick Rockett


Richard Rockett is an Irish retired hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the Kilkenny senior team.
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.
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.
His retirement came prior to the start of the 1959 championship.

Honours

Team

;Slieverue
  • Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship : 1954
;Kilkenny
  • All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship : 1957
  • Leinster Senior Hurling Championship : 1957, 1958
  • Oireachtas Cup : 1957
  • All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship : 1951
  • Leinster Junior Hurling Championship : 1951
;Leinster
  • Railway Cup : 1956