BENNETT, Peter

Peter "Scrubba" Bennett was born in New Zealand. He was a ruck-rover and utility player who came from Hawthorn where he'd played 13 games from 1976 to 1977. Prior to that he played with Pakenham.

He was a good ball-getter and a useful spare parts player who was capable of filling a variety of roles. His best season was 1979 when he played in all 23 games and was Essendon's leading possession winner with 530 disposals from those 23 games.

He was ruck-rover in the 1981 night premiership victory.

Bennett transferred to Subiaco in Western Australia in 1982 and was then captain-coach of Koo-Wee-Rup in 1983 and of Gembrook from 1984 to 1986. He won a premiership there in 1986.