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Frank Bennett
	Depiction of Bennett c. 1900
North Carolina Tar Heels
Position	Tackle
Class	Graduate
Personal information
Born:	March 8, 1879; Wadesboro, North Carolina
Died:	January 5, 1936 (aged 56); Wadesboro, North Carolina
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight	173 lb (78 kg)
Career history
College	North Carolina (1896–1901)
Career highlights and awards
	SIAA championship (1898); All-Southern (1898, 1900);

Frank Bennett, Jr. (March 8, 1879 – January 5, 1936) was a college football player.

Early years

Bennett was the son of a Confederate captain.^[1]

He was a prominent tackle for the North Carolina Tar Heels football teams of the University of North Carolina.^[2]^[3] He was selected third-team for an all-time Carolina football team of Dr. R. B. Lawson in 1934.^[4]

Bennett was selected All-Southern in 1898.^[5] North Carolina won the South and posted its only undefeated record to date.

Bennett was selected All-Southern in 1900.^[6]

He was captain of the 1901 team.^[7]

^ cf. "Capt. Frank Bennett". Confederate Veteran. 12: 453. 1904.
^ Kemp Plummer Battle (1912). History of the University of North Carolina. p. 749.
^ "Reception to the Team". The Raleigh Times. November 8, 1900. p. 4. Retrieved April 12, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "All-Time Carolina Football Team Selected". Carolina Alumni Review. 22 (6): 168. March 1934.
^ W. A. Lambeth (1899). "Football In The South". Outing. 33. Outing Publishing Company: 527.
^ "All-Southern Eleven for 1900". Outing. 37. Outing Publishing Company: 616. 1901. Retrieved March 10, 2015 – via Google books.
^ "[No title]". The Times. February 3, 1901. p. 18. Retrieved March 14, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.