M. S. Bennett Explained

M. S. Bennett
Birth Date:10 April 1881
Birth Place:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Death Place:Bristol Township, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Player Sport1:Football
Player Years2:1900–1903
Player Team2:Penn
Player Sport3:Basketball
Player Years4:1900–1904
Player Team4:Penn
Player Positions:End (football)
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1914–1921
Coach Team2:Haverford
Coach Years3:1923–1928
Coach Team3:Sewanee
Coach Sport4:Basketball
Coach Years5:1919–1921
Coach Team5:Haverford
Coach Years6:1924–1926
Coach Team6:Sewanee
Coach Sport7:Baseball
Coach Years8:1917–1921
Coach Team8:Haverford
Admin Years1:1923–1930
Admin Team1:Sewanee
Overall Record:39–54–10 (football)
2–29 (baseball)

Michael Smith Bennett (April 10, 1881 – December 26, 1964) was an American football, basketball, and baseball, player, coach, college athletics administrator, dentist, and politician. He played college football for the Penn Quakers, and was the director of athletics and head football coach at .[1] [2] Bennett served on the Philadelphia City Council from 1916 to 1917 and was elected in 1917 as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. He did not seek reelection in 1918.[3]

Bennett was born on April 10, 1881. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a Doctor of Dental Surgery degree in 1905.[4] He died on December 26, 1964.[5]

Head coaching record

Football

Notes and References

  1. News: Harry Harman May Coach Sewanee Football Eleven. Reading Times. January 23, 1930. 20. February 18, 2016. Newspapers.com.
  2. News: Gridiron Taking Place Bull Ring. February 20, 1929. Madera Tribune.
  3. Web site: Michael Smith Bennett. Pennsylvania House of Representatives. June 5, 2020.
  4. Book: Maxwell . W. J. . General Alumni Catalogue of the University of Pennsylvania, 1922 . 1922 . University of Pennsylvania. General Alumni Society . 713 .
  5. News: . Dr. M. S. Bennett, 83; Retired Dentist, Coach . . . December 29, 1964 . 48 . June 5, 2020 . .