Harold James Bennett (9 June 1891 – 9 July 1964) was an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

er. Bennett started his

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(VFL) career with

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, playing most of the

1911 VFL season The 1911 VFL season was the 15th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured ten clubs, ran from 29 April until 23 September, and comprised an 18 ...

. It was his only year as study requirements took precedence. Bennett moved to Goulburn Valley District Football Association club

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before being lured back to the VFL, starting the

1914 VFL season The 1914 VFL season was the 18th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured ten clubs, ran from 25 April until 26 September, and comprised an 18- ...

with

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, before returning to Rochester and playing in their 1914 GVDFA premiership win over

Shepparton Shepparton () ( Yortayorta: ''Kanny-goopna'') is a city located on the floodplain of the Goulburn River in northern Victoria, Australia, approximately north-northeast of Melbourne. As of the 2021 census, the estimated population of Shepparton, ...

Footnotes

References

League Football: The South Melbourne Team, ''The Weekly Times'', (Saturday, 13 June 1908), p.25.

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* * 1891 births 1964 deaths Sydney Swans players University Football Club players Rochester Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Australian military personnel of World War I {{AFL-bio-1891-stub