John Bennett Jr. was “an All-State halfback on the 1949 football team and captained Grand Forks Central’s basketball team in 1949-50.” He also won three state track titles: two in the broad jump and one in the high jump. He went on to be the first person from North Dakota to win an Olympic medal in an individual event for the U.S. Special to The Forum
Read the article: Eriksmoen: Bennett first North Dakota-born athlete to win individual medal
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