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{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1970)}}
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{{for-multi|the American lawyer|Elmer F. Bennett|the baseball player|Doc Bennett}}
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{{Infobox basketball biography
 | name              = Elmer Bennett
 | image             = 
 | image_size        = 
 | caption           = 
 | height_ft         = 6
 | height_in         = 0
 | weight_lb         = 170
 | birth_date        = {{birth date and age|1970|02|13}}
 | birth_place       = [[Evanston, Illinois]], U.S.
 | high_school       = [[Bellaire High School (Bellaire, Texas)|Bellaire]] ([[Bellaire, Texas]])
 | college           = [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball|Notre Dame]] (1988–1992)
 | draft_year        = 1992
 | draft_round       = 2
 | draft_pick        = 38
 | draft_team        = [[Atlanta Hawks]]
 | career_start      = 1992
 | career_end        = 2008
 | career_number     = 12, 5, 6, 14
 | career_position   = [[Point guard]]
 | years1            = 1992
 | team1             = [[Rochester Renegade]]
 | years2            = 1992–1993
 | team2             = [[Grand Rapids Hoops]]
 | years3            = 1993–1994
 | team3             = [[Fargo-Moorhead Fever]]
 | years4            = 1994–1995
 | team4             = [[Oklahoma City Cavalry]]
 | years5            = {{nbay|1994|end}}
 | team5             = [[Cleveland Cavaliers]]
 | years6            = 1995
 | team6             = [[Victoria Libertas Pesaro]]
 | years7            = {{nbay|1995|start}}
 | team7             = [[Philadelphia 76ers]]
 | years8            = 1995–1996
 | team8             = Oklahoma City Cavalry
 | years9            = 1996
 | team9             = [[Basket CRO Lyon|CRO Lyon Basket]]
 | years10           = {{nbay|1996|start}}
 | team10            = [[Houston Rockets]]
 | years11           = {{nbay|1996|end}}
 | team11            = [[Denver Nuggets]]
 | years12           = 1997
 | team12            = Oklahoma City Cavalry
 | years13           = 1997–2003
 | team13            = [[Saski Baskonia|TAU Cerámica]]
 | years14           = 2003–2005
 | team14            = [[Real Madrid Baloncesto|Real Madrid]]
 | years15           = 2005–2007
 | team15            = [[Joventut Badalona]]
 | years16           = 2008
 | team16            = [[CB Sevilla|Sevilla]]
 | highlights        = 
* [[FIBA EuroCup]] champion ([[2005–06 FIBA EuroCup|2006]])
* 2× [[Liga ACB|Spanish League]] champion (2002, 2005) 
* 2× [[Spanish Basketball King's Cup|Spanish King's Cup]] winner (1999, 2002)
* [[ACB Finals Most Valuable Player Award|Spanish League Finals MVP]] (2002)
* [[All-Liga ACB Team|All-Spanish League Team]] (2004)
* [[Spanish Basketball King's Cup|Spanish King's Cup]] MVP (1999)
* [[List of Continental Basketball Association champions|CBA champion]] (1997)
* [[Continental Basketball Association|CBA]] Finals MVP (1997)
* Third-team [[Parade All-America Boys Basketball Team|''Parade'' All-American]] (1988)
}}

'''Elmer James Bennett''' (born February 13, 1970) is an American former professional [[basketball]] player. At a height of {{convert|6|ft|0|in|m|abbr=on}}, he played at the [[point guard]] position.

==High school==
Bennett played competitively for [[Bellaire High School (Texas)|Bellaire High School]], in [[Bellaire, Texas]].

==College career==
Bennett played [[college basketball]] at the [[University of Notre Dame]], with the [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball|Fighting Irish]], from 1988 to 1992.

==Professional career==
Bennett was selected by the [[Atlanta Hawks]], in the second round (38th overall) of the [[1992 NBA draft]]. Bennett played in 21 career games in the [[NBA]], in a span of three seasons. He averaged 2.3 points per game over his NBA career.

Bennet played with Rochester Renegade, the [[Grand Rapids Hoops]], the [[Fargo-Moorhead Fever]] and the [[Oklahoma City Cavalry]] in the [[Continental Basketball Association]]. His first European club was in Italy, as he played with [[Victoria Libertas Pesaro]] in 1995. He also played with [[Basket CRO Lyon|CRO Lyon Basket]] in 1996.

Bennett played most of his professional career in Spain. He landed in [[Saski Baskonia|TAU Cerámica]] in 1997 and stayed there until 2003. He then played with [[Real Madrid Baloncesto|Real Madrid]], [[Joventut Badalona|DKV Joventut]] and [[CB Sevilla|Cajasol Sevilla]]. Among his accomplishments are featured the [[2001–02 ACB season|2001–02 Spanish League]] title with TAU Cerámica, two [[Spanish Basketball King's Cup|Spanish King's Cups]] with TAU also in 1999 (named also MVP) and 2002, another league in 2004–05 with Real Madrid and the [[2005–06 FIBA EuroCup]] with DKV Joventut.

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20171113222345/http://www.acb.com/jugador.php?id=A57 Elmer Bennett] at acb.com {{in lang|es}}
*[http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?seasoncode=E2000&pcode=AJA#!careerstats Elmer Bennett] at euroleague.net
*[http://www.fibaeurope.com/compID_BYg5Rb55Jw-G5I3MZ6JB01.season_2006.roundID_4588.teamID_1065.playerID_21785.html Elmer Bennett] at fibaeurope.com
*[http://web.legabasket.it/player/?id=BEN-ELM-70 Elmer Bennett] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113210127/http://web.legabasket.it/player/?id=BEN-ELM-70 |date=2020-11-13 }} at legabasket.it {{in lang|it}}

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