M. S. Bennett

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 Sewanee:The University of the South.[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]

M. S. Bennett
Biographical details
Born(1881-04-10)April 10, 1881
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
DiedDecember 26, 1964(1964-12-26) (aged 83)
Bristol Township, Pennsylvania
Playing career
Football
1900–1903Penn
Basketball
1900–1904Penn
Position(s)End (football)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1914–1921Haverford
1923–1928Sewanee
Basketball
1919–1921Haverford
1924–1926Sewanee
Baseball
1917–1921Haverford
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1923–1930Sewanee
Head coaching record
Overall2–29 (baseball)

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]

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