Tinker Beets

{{Short description|Rhodesian field hockey player and cricketer (born 1941)}}

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{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Tinker Beets

| full_name = Derrick John Beets

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| nationality = Rhodesian

| sport = Field hockey

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1941|9|20|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Bulawayo, Rhodesia

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Derrick John "Tinker" Beets (born 20 September 1941) is a Rhodesian former field hockey player and cricketer. Beets competed in the men's tournament at the 1964 Summer Olympics,{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/tinker-beets-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418120939/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/tinker-beets-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Tinker Beets Olympic Results |accessdate=27 September 2019}} and played four first-class cricket matches for Rhodesia in 1961/62.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/zimbabwe/content/player/55251.html |title=Tinker Beets |work=ESPN Cricinfo |accessdate=30 October 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/lists/102/manual |title=Olympians Who Played First-Class Cricket |work=Olympedia |accessdate=28 July 2020}}