Reg Bennett
South Melbourne
AFL career
39 games5 goals
- Debut
- R6 1930 v RCH9 June 1930
- Most recent
- R18 1932 v GEE3 Sept 1932
Stats
Bio
Recruited from local side Middle Park and the amateur club Collegians, Reg Bennett was a steady defender who featured for South Melbourne during the club's transitional phase in the early 1930s. Often tasked with holding together a backline under constant pressure, he earned a reputation as a serviceable backman who could be relied upon in a contest, with contemporary reports occasionally citing him as a standout in a struggling defence. Bennett’s career at the Lake Oval coincided with the years immediately preceding the club's golden "Foreign Legion" era, and he played his final game in 1932, narrowly missing out on the Swans' historic 1933 premiership drought-breaker. Following his brief but respectable VFL career, he went on to serve in the Australian Army during the Second World War.
Profile
- Born
- 05 Sept 1906
- Died
- 21 July 1989 (aged 82y 319d)
- Birthplace
- St Kilda, VIC
- Deathplace
- Mentone, VIC
- Height
- 178 cm
- Weight
- 76 kg
Teams
Bio
1 revisionRecruited from local side Middle Park and the amateur club Collegians, Reg Bennett was a steady defender who featured for South Melbourne during the club's transitional phase in the early 1930s. Often tasked with holding together a backline under constant pressure, he earned a reputation as a serviceable backman who could be relied upon in a contest, with contemporary reports occasionally citing him as a standout in a struggling defence. Bennett’s career at the Lake Oval coincided with the years immediately preceding the club's golden "Foreign Legion" era, and he played his final game in 1932, narrowly missing out on the Swans' historic 1933 premiership drought-breaker. Following his brief but respectable VFL career, he went on to serve in the Australian Army during the Second World War.