Charles R. Bennett was an English footballer. He played professionally for Blackpool and Bradford City in what was a short career.

After beginning his career with Fleetwood Amateurs in the early 20th century, he joined nearby Blackpool

Blackpool F.C.

Blackpool Football Club are an English football club founded in 1887 from the Lancashire seaside town of Blackpool. They are competing in the 2011–12 season of the The Championship, the second tier of professional football in England, having been relegated from the Premier League at the end of the...

 in 1903. He made thirty Football League appearances for the Seasiders during 1903–04

Blackpool F.C. season 1903-04

The 1903-04 season was Blackpool F.C.s seventh season in the Football League. They competed in the eighteen-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing fifteenth....

, scoring nine goals. He made his debut in the opening game of the campaign, a 3–0 defeat at Woolwich Arsenal on 5 September. He scored his first goal on 19 December, in a single-goal victory at Glossop.

Bennett had a short spell at Accrington Stanley

Accrington Stanley F.C.

Accrington Stanley is an English association football club from Accrington in Lancashire, in the North West of England, who play in Football League Two, the fourth-highest division in the English football league system....

, before returning to Blackpool in 1905. He scored four goals in twelve League appearances in his second spell at the club.

He finished his career with Bradford City

Bradford City A.F.C.

Bradford City Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Bradford, West Yorkshire, playing in League Two....

later in 1905, making fourteen League appearances and scoring once.