Sport
- John Bennett (athlete) (born 1930), long jumper, Olympic silver medal winner (1956)
- John Bennett (coach), Canadian football
- John Bennett (Derbyshire cricketer) (1864–1928), English cricketer
- John Bennett (diver) (1959–2004), first scuba diver beyond 1,000 feet
- John Bennett (field hockey) (1885–1973), British Olympic field hockey player
- John Bennett (footballer) (born 1946), former professional footballer in England
- John Bennett (Hampshire cricketer) (1777–1857), cricketer
- John Bennett (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1920s and '30s for Great Britain, England, Rochdale Hornets, and Wigan
- John Bennett (hurler) (born 1934), Irish retired hurler
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““Justice” was done, and the President of the Immortals, in Æschylean phrase, had ended his sport with Tess. And the d’Urberville knights and dames slept on in their tombs unknowing. The two speechless gazers bent themselves down to the earth, as if in prayer, and remained thus a long time, absolutely motionless: the flag continued to wave silently. As soon as they had strength they arose, joined hands again, and went on.
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Where health and plenty cheered the labouring swain,
Where smiling spring its earliest visit paid,
And parting summer’s lingering blooms delayed,
Dear lovely bowers of innocence and ease,
Seats of my youth, when every sport could please,
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)