[Cusick]

The Negro Baseball Register in THE NEGRO LEAGUES BOOK, edited by Dick Clark and Larry Lester, indicates that Willie Bennett was a shortstop and outfielder with the Kansas City Monarchs from 1952 to 1955. In Brent Kelley's book, I WILL NEVER FORGET, Negro Leagues player Marvin Jones mentions that a player named Willie Clyde Bennett was with Kansas City. The Negro Baseball Register also lists a second baseman with the Kansas City Monarchs in 1952 named Clyde Bennett, which overlaps with Willie Bennett's stint. I think that Willie Bennett and Clyde Bennett are the same player -- Willie Clyde Bennett.