Francis Jack Bennett (21 February 1913 â 26 June 1975) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
The son of Francis Alexander Bennett (1884-1956), and Frances Theresa Bennett, née Grieves, Francis Jack Bennett was born at Moonee Ponds, Victoria on 21 February 1913.
He married twice: to Marjory Frederica Forster (1914-1970) on 7 May 1938, and to Alice Eileen Gardner (1912-1990) on 6 March 1973.
He played with the Auburn Football Club in the Sub-District Football League.
He was granted a clearance from Auburn to Melbourne on 26 April 1933. In his five seasons at Melbourne he played in 43 senior games, and scored 28 goals: 1933 (6 games), 1934 (15 games, 7 goals), 1935 (12 games, 11 goals), and 1936 (10 games, 10 goals). He played with the Melbourne Seconds for the entire 1937 season.
He died at Brighton, Victoria on 26 June 1975.