Herb Banet

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Herbert Charles "Herb" Banet (October 17, 1913 – March 12, 2003)^[1] was a former American football player in the National Football League and high school basketball coach, teacher, and guidance counselor.

Biography

Banet was born October 17, 1913 in Fort Wayne, Indiana.^[2]

Football career

Banet played with the Green Bay Packers during the 1937 NFL season. He played at the collegiate level at Manchester University.

Basketball career

Banet was a head basketball coach and teacher at Central High School in Fort Wayne. He was an inductee of the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame.^[3]

Personal and later life

Banet served in the United States Navy during World War II. He was married to Kathlyn Maude Stevens (1916-2001), and together they had three children: David, Thomas, and Sarah. Banet became a guidance counselor at Northrup High School and retired in 1979. He died March 12, 2003 at Renaissance Village and is buried at Falls Memorial Gardens in Wabash, Indiana.^[4]

Footnotes

↑ Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2011.
↑ http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BaneHe20.htm
↑ http://hoopshall.com/hall/b/herb-banet/
↑ Obituary, Fort Wayne News-Sentinel, March 14, 2003.

Persondata
Name	Banet, Herb
Alternative names	Banet, Herbert Charles
Short description	American professional football player
Date of birth	October 17, 1913
Place of birth	Fort Wayne, Indiana
Date of death	March 12, 2003
Place of death	Fort Wayne, Indiana

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