Earl Clinton "Jug" Bennett (February 27, 1920 – September 28, 1992) was an American professional football player who was a guard for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL).
Drafted in the twenty-third round of the 1943 NFL draft by the Packers out of Hardin–Simmons University, Bennett played in only one season in 1946 after serving in the United States Army as an aerial gunner during World War II.
[1] During his time at Hardin-Simmons, he was the football team's co-captain and played in the Sun Bowl.
[2] Bennett was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the twenty-third round of the 1943 NFL draft and later played with the team during the 1946 NFL season under head coach Curly Lambeau.
[1] After his playing career, Bennett went into oil drilling with fellow Packers Ed Neal.