Jim Bennett (hurler)

Jim Bennett, who lived from 1944 to 31 December 2014, was an Irish hurler from Bennettsbridge, County Kilkenny, who played as a right corner-forward for the Kilkenny senior team. He joined the Kilkenny senior team at twenty-one and made his senior debut during the 1965 championship, becoming a regular in the starting fifteen and winning one All-Ireland medal, one Leinster medal and one National Hurling League medal, with one All-Ireland runner-up finish. He won one Railway Cup medal with Leinster and at club level was a two-time championship medallist with Bennettsbridge, later playing with St Monica's in Dublin. His son Greg Bennett played hurling with Dublin. He made five championship appearances and retired from inter-county hurling after the 1968 championship.