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Erroll Bennett (born 7 May 1950) was a 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 & Statistics to find the Player of the Century for Oceania.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=IFFHS Century Elections )〕 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Oceanian Cup 1973 )〕 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.〔Article from Richard Vansam, in ''France Football'', n°1.855, 27 october 1981, page 23.〕 ==References== *Michael Otterson. "Erroll Bennett: Tahitian Soccer Star", ''Ensign'', Oct. 1982. *(''Meridian Magazine'' article with section on Bennett ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Erroll Bennett」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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