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]