James Thomas "Fireball" Bennett (August 8, 1919 – June 3, 1991) was an

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in the

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. He played with the Indianapolis–Cincinnati Clowns in 1945 and 1948. He also played for the Indianapolis Lincolns in 1948 and 1949, an Indianapolis ABCs team (not to be confused with the earlier Indianapolis ABCs club) in 1949, and the Winona Chiefs in 1952.

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