Dick Rockett

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| code= Hurling

| sport = Hurling

| image =

| name = Dick Rockett

| irish =

| nickname =

| feet = 5

| inches = 11

| occupation = Farmer

| county = Kilkenny

| province = Leinster

| club = Slieverue

| clposition = Midfield

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| clcounty = 1

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| clallireland =

| counties = Kilkenny

| icposition = Left corner-forward

| icyears = 1953-1959

| icapps(points) = 12 (13-4)

| icprovince = 2

| icallireland = 1

| nhl = 0

| clupdate =

| icupdate = 16:41, 28 June 2014

| birth_date=1931

| birth_place=Slieverue, County Kilkenny, Ireland

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Richard Rockett (born 1931) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the Kilkenny senior team.{{cite web|url=http://www.hurlingstats.ie/person/id/2567 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140629131826/http://www.hurlingstats.ie/person/id/2567 |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 June 2014 |title=Profile: Dick Rockett |publisher=Hurling Stats website |accessdate=28 June 2014 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.kilkennypeople.ie/gentleman-dick-1-2506086 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140629131903/http://www.kilkennypeople.ie/gentleman-dick-1-2506086 |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 June 2014 |title=Gentleman Dick |publisher=Kilkenny People |date=16 March 2011 |accessdate=28 June 2014 }}

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.{{cite news|url=http://www.hoganstand.com/kilkenny/Profile.aspx|title=Kilkenny GAA profile|publisher=Hogan Stand website|accessdate=26 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111014192436/http://hoganstand.com/Kilkenny/Profile.aspx|archive-date=14 October 2011|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=http://www.leinstergaa.ie/_fileupload/Archives/P40_69%20Finalis.pdf|title=Leinster Senior Hurling Finalists|publisher=Leinster GAA website|accessdate=26 June 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204003136/http://www.leinstergaa.ie/_fileupload/Archives/P40_69%20Finalis.pdf|archivedate=4 December 2013}}

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|date=October 2020}}

His retirement came prior to the start of the 1959 championship.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}