George Bennett (Australian rules footballer)

George Bennett
Personal information
Date of birth	(1911-09-22)22 September 1911
Date of death	10 October 1974(1974-10-10) (aged 63)
Original team(s)	Camberwell (VFA)
Height	184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1929	Camberwell	0? 0(3)
1930–1933	Hawthorn	059 0(2)
1934–1940	Footscray	108 (14)
1941	Camberwell	0? 0(?)
1942–1944	Hawthorn	033 0(7)
1945–1946	Sandringham	022 0(?)
Total		245 (26)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1946.
Career highlights
McCarthy trophy: 1935
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

George Bennett (22 September 1911 – 10 October 1974) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray and Hawthorn in the VFL.

Bennett commenced his VFA career in 1929 with Camberwell.

Bennett started his VFL career in 1930 with Hawthorn and remained with the club until the end of the 1933 season. The club was enforcing a rule in which a player who missed three consecutive senior games due to either injury or suspension had to return to the side through the reserves.

Bennett disagreed with this rule and moved to Footscray for the 1934 season. The following season he won their best and fairest award as well as finishing 8th in the 1935 Brownlow Medal.

Bennett played with Camberwell in 1941. He ended up playing 26 games for Camberwell.

He came back to the Hawks in 1942 and brought up his 200th league game in 1944.

Bennett was appointed as captain / coach of Sandringham in 1945 and played 22 games with Sandringham in 1945 and 1946.

He will be remembered for being a defender, famed for skyscraping marks and skill in the air.

External links

• George Bennett's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• George Bennett at AustralianFootball.com