Q:Facts: - teama: city nsw - pointsb: 0 - points: 116 - goalsb: 0 - fieldgoals: 0 - pointsa: 0 - teamb: new south wales - appearances: 101 - triesa: 0 - fieldgoalsb: 0 - tries: 38 - triesb: 0 - name: eric bennett - position: fe - appearancesa: 2 - appearancesb: 2 - goalsa: 0 - yearbstart: 1945 - yearastart: 1942 - yearend: 49 - yearstart: 1941 - yearaend: 45 - fieldgoalsa: 0 - club: western suburbs -lrb- sydney -rrb- - goals: 1 Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of eric bennett .
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eric bennett is an australian former rugby league footballer of the 1940s .hailing from the central west region of new south wales , he played in the new south wales rugby football league premiership for the western suburbs magpies at centre and five-eighth .bennett played over 100 games for the magpies from 1941 to 1949 , he captained wests and played at centre in their 1948 nswrfl season 's premiership final victory over balmain .australian rugby league hall of famer keith holman has credited bennett , who helped him sign with wests , as being a great influence on his career .