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| Full name | Ivor Bennett | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 June 1913 Aberkenfig, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 16 June 2003 (aged 90) Neath, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Prop | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Second-row | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ivor Bennett (16 June 1913 – 16 June 2003) was a Welsh rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for Wales, and at club level for Aberavon RFC, as a prop,[1][2] and club level rugby league (RL) for Warrington, as a second-row.[3]
Ivor Bennett was born in Aberkenfig, Wales, and he died aged 90 in Port Talbot, Wales.
Ivor Bennett won a cap for Wales (RU) while at Aberavon RFC in 1937 against Ireland.[1][2]
Ivor Bennett played at second-row in Warrington's 8–4 victory over Barrow in the 1937–38 Lancashire Cup Final during the 1937–38 season at Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 23 October 1937.
Bennett made his début for Warrington on Saturday 28 August 1937, and he played his last match for Warrington on Saturday 9 November 1946.