Herbert Charles Banet (October 17, 1913 – March 12, 2003)[1] was an American football player in the National Football League and high school basketball coach, teacher, and guidance counselor.
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| Position: | Halfback | ||||||||
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| Born: | October 17, 1913 Fort Wayne, Indiana, US | ||||||||
| Died: | March 12, 2003 (aged 89) Fort Wayne, Indiana, US | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 200 lb (91 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | South Side High | ||||||||
| College: | Manchester University | ||||||||
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| Career Green Bay Packers statistics as of 1937 | |||||||||
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| As coach: | |
| Central High School, Fort Wayne | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| 1960 Indiana High School Final Four | |
| Basketball Hall of Fame |
Biography
editBanet was born October 17, 1913, in Fort Wayne, Indiana.[2]
Football career
editBanet played with the Green Bay Packers during the 1937 NFL season. He played at the collegiate level at Manchester University.
Basketball career
editBanet was a head basketball coach and teacher at Central High School in Fort Wayne. He was an inductee of the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame.[3]
Personal and later life
editBanet served in the United States Navy during the World War II era. He was married to Kathlyn Maude Stevens (1916–2001), and together they had four children: Stevens, David, Thomas, and Sarah. Banet became a guidance counselor at Northrup High School and retired in 1979. He died March 12, 2003, at Renaissance Village and is buried at Falls Memorial Gardens in Wabash, Indiana.[4]
See also
editFootnotes
edit- ^ Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2011.
- ^ "Herb Banet Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
- ^ "Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame » Herb Banet". Archived from the original on November 26, 2010. Retrieved November 21, 2010.
- ^ Obituary, Fort Wayne News-Sentinel, March 14, 2003.