Herbert Charles Banet (October 17, 1913 – March 12, 2003) was an
American football player in the
National Football League and high school
basketball coach, teacher, and guidance counselor.
Biography
Banet was born October 17, 1913, in
Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Football career
Banet played with the
Green Bay Packers
The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Packers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC North, North division. It ...
during the
1937 NFL season
The 1937 NFL season was the 18th regular season of the National Football League. The Cleveland Rams joined the league as an expansion team. Meanwhile, the Redskins relocated from Boston to Washington, D.C.
The season ended when the Redskins, ...
. He played at the collegiate level at
Manchester University.
Basketball career
Banet was a head basketball coach and teacher at Central High School in Fort Wayne. He was an inductee of the
Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame
The Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame is a sports museum and hall of fame in New Castle, Indiana. While it honors men and women associated with high school, college, and professional basketball in Indiana, an emphasis is placed on the athlete's high ...
.
Personal and later life
Banet served in the
United States Navy during the
World War II era. He was married to Kathlyn Maude Stevens (1916-2001), and together they had four children: Stevens, David, Thomas, and Sarah. Banet became a guidance counselor at Northrup High School and retired in 1979. He died March 12, 2003, at Renaissance Village and is buried at Falls Memorial Gardens in
Wabash, Indiana.
[Obituary, ''Fort Wayne News-Sentinel'', March 14, 2003.]
See also
*
List of Green Bay Packers players
Footnotes
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1913 births
2003 deaths
Green Bay Packers players
High school basketball coaches in Indiana
Manchester Spartans football players
Players of American football from Fort Wayne, Indiana
United States Navy sailors
United States Navy personnel of World War II