Charles Henry Bennett was an American football player and coach.
24 Facts About Chuck Bennett
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Chuck Bennett played halfback for the Indiana University football team from 1926 to 1928 and won the 1928 Chicago Tribune Silver Football trophy as the most valuable player in the Big Ten Conference.
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Chuck Bennett played professional football for the Portsmouth Spartans from 1930 to 1931 and for the Chicago Cardinals in 1933.
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Chuck Bennett was born in Linton, Indiana and attended Linton High School.
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Chuck Bennett led the school to two consecutive state football championships and was unanimously selected as an all-state halfback both years.
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Chuck Bennett played all 60 minutes in the 1927 games against Chicago, Minnesota and Harvard.
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Chuck Bennett scored Indiana's only touchdown in the Illinois game on a 24-yard run, completed several forward passes and had the Hoosiers at Illini two-yard line when time ran out.
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Chuck Bennett's touchdown was the only one allowed by Illinois against any Big Ten team in 1928, and Illinois coach Bob Zuppke praised Chuck Bennett's performance.
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Chuck Bennett played his final game for Indiana on November 24,1928, against Purdue.
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Chuck Bennett scored two touchdowns for the East team and won the game's Outstanding Player award.
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Chuck Bennett is a leader and he has proven himself a wonderful ball carrier on all occasions.
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Chuck Bennett has had the real stuff to carry on for the last three years, working untiringly both in the spring and fall practices, and has missed few workouts in his three years.
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Chuck Bennett received the first Balfour Award in football as Indiana's most valuable football player.
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Chuck Bennett was a popular student on the Bloomington campus, where he was elected president of the junior class and was a member of Delta Upsilon fraternity and the Sphinx Club, an honorary organization.
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In June 1929, Chuck Bennett signed a contract to play professional football for the Portsmouth Spartans, predecessor of the Detroit Lions.
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The signing of Chuck Bennett was intended to lend credibility to the fledgling organization.
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Chuck Bennett began his coaching career as a high school football and track coach in LaPorte, Indiana.
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In 1939, Chuck Bennett was hired as a football coach and athletic director at Lyons Township High School in La Grange, Illinois.
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Chuck Bennett coached the Lyons Township football team for 21 years and won 11 West Suburban Conference championships.
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Chuck Bennett resigned as head football coach in 1960 but continued to serve as the school's athletic director.
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On 20 occasions, Chuck Bennett won the President's Cup at Lyons Township, awarded for overall sports supremacy in the West Suburban Conference.
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Chuck Bennett retired as athletic director at Lyons Township in June 1966 due to ill health.
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Chuck Bennett was survived by his wife, Charlotta Bennett, and two sons, Charles H Bennett and Byron Bennett.
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Charles H Bennett later had four children, Richard, Fred, Charles, and Jenny.