Andy Bennett
Personal information
Full name	Andrew Bennett
Date of birth	30 March 1955
Recruited from	South Adelaide
Height/Weight	191 cm / 86 kg
Position(s)	Key position
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1980, 1982-83 1985 Total -	Hawthorn St Kilda	21 (18) 14 (1) 35 (19)
1 Playing statistics to end of 1985 season .

Andrew 'Andy' Bennett (born 30 March 1955) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Hawthorn and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1980s.

Originally from South Adelaide, Bennett was a regular at Hawthorn in the 1980 VFL season but had the rest of his time at the club ruined by injury. After crossing to St Kilda in 1985 he managed to add a further 14 games to his tally and the following season won a William Leitch Medal while playing in Tasmania for Sandy Bay.

Bennett, a key position player, turned to coaching in the 1990s. He was in charge of the Tasmanian interstate team between 1995 and 1998 and steered them to wins over WAFL, SANFL and VFL representative teams.

In 2007 he was inducted into the Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame, for his achievements as a coach.

[edit] References

• Andy Bennett's statistics from AFL Tables
• Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.