Chuck Bennett
| Date of birth | August 9, 1907 |
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| Place of birth | Linton, Indiana |
| Date of death | June 9, 1973 (aged 65) |
| Place of death | La Grange, Illinois |
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| Position(s) | Halfback |
| College | Indiana |
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| Career history | |
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| 1939–1960 | Lyons Township High School |
| As player | |
| 1930–e1931 | Portsmouth Spartans |
| 1933 | Chicago Cardinals |
| As athletic director | |
| 1939–1966 | Lyons Township High School |
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Charles Henry "Chuck" Bennett (August 9, 1907 – June 9, 1973) was an American football player and coach. He 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. He also played professional football for the Portsmouth Spartans from 1929 to 1931 and for the Chicago Cardinals in 1933. After retiring as a football player, Bennett was a high school coach and athletic director from 1934 to 1966.
Bennett was born in Linton, Indiana and attended . He led the school to two consecutive state football championships and was unanimously selected as an all-state halfback both years. He reportedly "built up his strong physique by hard work in the coal mines."
After graduating from Linton High School, Bennett enrolled at Indiana University where he played halfback for the Indiana Hoosiers football team from 1926 to 1928. During this time, he was five feet, nine inches tall and one hundred and ninety three pounds.
As a freshman in 1926, Bennett scored two touchdowns in the season opener against DePauw. Indiana won the season opener 31–7 but finished the season with a 3–5 record. Bennett scored seven of the team's eleven touchdowns.
In 1927, Indiana compiled a 3–4–1 record and scored 104 points in eight games. Bennett played all 60 minutes in the 1927 games against Chicago, Minnesota and Harvard. In the Harvard game, played in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Bennett accounted for Indiana's only points on a 30-yard touchdown run. At the end of the 1927 season, Bennett's teammates elected him offensive captain of the 1928 Indiana football team.
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