years death_date clubs statsend name originalteam birth_date article_title heightweight
1944 , 1947 -- 54 4 july 2012 st kilda 1954 peter bennett wesley college , melbourne 11 july 1926 peter bennett -lrb- footballer , born 1926 -rrb-
 183 cm / 78 kg
peter bennett -lrb- footballer , born 1926 -rrb-

peter bennett -lrb- 11 july 1926 -- 4 july 2012 -rrb- was an olympian and australian rules footballer who played with st kilda in the victorian football league -lrb- vfl -rrb- .
bennett was a full forward and topped st kilda 's goal kicking five times , with a best of 59 goals in 1950 .
in 1952 he took a year off football in order to represent the australian water polo team in the 1952 summer olympics at helsinki .
after two more seasons at st kilda he decided to retire from football to concentrate on water polo , and captained the australian water polo team at the 1956 melbourne olympics where they finished ninth .
he was educated at wesley college , melbourne .
