Herb Banet

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.

Herbert Charles Banet
No. 21
Position:Halfback
Personal information
Born:(1913-10-17)October 17, 1913
Fort Wayne, Indiana, US
Died:March 12, 2003(2003-03-12) (aged 89)
Fort Wayne, Indiana, US
Height:6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school:South Side High
College:Manchester University
Career history
  • Green Bay Packers (1937)
Career Green Bay Packers statistics as of 1937
Games Started:2
Total Rush Attempts:9
Total Rushing Yards:28
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR
Herb Banet
Career history
As coach:
Central High School, Fort Wayne
Career highlights and awards
1960 Indiana High School Final Four
Basketball Hall of Fame as coach

Biography

Banet was born October 17, 1913, in Fort Wayne, Indiana.[2]

Football career

Banet played with the Green Bay Packers during the 1937 NFL season. He played at the collegiate level at Manchester University.

Basketball career

Banet 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

Banet 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

Footnotes
  1. Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2011.
  2. "Herb Banet Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
  3. "Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame » Herb Banet". Archived from the original on 2010-11-26. Retrieved 2010-11-21.
  4. Obituary, Fort Wayne News-Sentinel, March 14, 2003.
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