fullname heightweight years clubs article_title statsend originalteam birth_date draftpick name
gerrard bennett 187 ; kg & nbsp ; cm / 94 & nbsp 1997-1998 1999-2002 geelong sydney swans gerrard bennett
 2002 tassie mariners 9 april 1979 18th , 1996 national draft gerrard bennett
gerrard bennett

gerrard bennett -lrb- born 9 april 1979 -rrb- is a former australian rules footballer who played with the sydney swans in the australian football league -lrb- afl -rrb- .
bennett played for the tassie mariners in the tac cup .
his tfl statewide league club was north hobart .
geelong secured the services of bennett in the 1996 national draft , with pick 18 .
he suffered a knee injury in 1997 and was delisted by the club without playing a senior afl game .
a defender , bennett was given a second chance when sydney added him to their rookie list and he played 32 games for the swans over four seasons .
when not playing at sydney during that time he made appearances for the port melbourne football club and won their best and fairest award in 2001 .
after being delisted by the swans , bennett played in the sanfl with south adelaide .
he made 113 appearances for the club , before retiring in 2008 .
