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Wesley Bennett

Talmadge Wesley Bennett (March 31, 1913 – August 20, 2002) was an American basketball player who played for Westminster College where he twice led the nation in scoring and won honors as the Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year in 1934. Bennett was a participant on the first college doubleheader played in New York City's Madison Square Garden on December 29, 1934, where he led Westminster to an upset over the hometown St. John's University team. Born on March 31, 1913, in Nashville, Tennessee, Bennett moved to Akron, Ohio, with his family when he was five years old. He played for the basketball team at East High School (now East Community Learning Center), lettering in three seasons and making it to the finals of the state championships. He … more »