Bennett was part of the Tahitian national squad for the 1973 Oceania Cup, the first ever Oceania-wide international soccer tournament. Bennett scored three goals in the tournament, and played in the final, which Tahiti lost 2–0 to New Zealand.[2]
He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in 1977 after which he refused to play football on Sundays. Following Bennett's baptism, Napoléon Spitz, the head of Bennett's team, held a meeting in which he said his team would stop Sunday play and all football teams in that division agreed to move games to weeknights.
Bennett was also a police officer in Tahiti. He is the father of Naea Bennett, who also played for Tahiti national team.[3]
erroll, bennett, born, 1950, former, tahitian, footballer, spent, most, career, with, central, sport, bennett, placed, fifteenth, 1999, poll, international, federation, football, history, statistics, find, player, century, oceania, bennett, part, tahitian, nat. Erroll Bennett born 7 May 1950 is a former Tahitian footballer who spent most of his career with AS Central Sport Bennett placed fifteenth in a 1999 poll by International Federation of Football History amp Statistics to find the Player of the Century for Oceania 1 Bennett was part of the Tahitian national squad for the 1973 Oceania Cup the first ever Oceania wide international soccer tournament Bennett scored three goals in the tournament and played in the final which Tahiti lost 2 0 to New Zealand 2 He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints LDS Church in 1977 after which he refused to play football on Sundays Following Bennett s baptism Napoleon Spitz the head of Bennett s team held a meeting in which he said his team would stop Sunday play and all football teams in that division agreed to move games to weeknights Bennett was also a police officer in Tahiti He is the father of Naea Bennett who also played for Tahiti national team 3 References EditMichael Otterson Erroll Bennett Tahitian Soccer Star Ensign Oct 1982 Meridian Magazine article with section on Bennett IFFHS Century Elections RSSSF Archived from the original on 2016 01 12 Retrieved 2010 11 03 Oceanian Cup 1973 RSSSF Retrieved 2010 11 03 Article from Richard Vansam in France Football n 1 855 27 october 1981 page 23 nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to French Polynesian association football is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Erroll Bennett amp oldid 1164118811, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
