Edgar County native became soldier, athlete and dairy farmer

By Victoria Leitch vleitch@prairiepress.net
Posted 7/25/24

Born Nov. 30, 1894, in Dudley, Ill., Basil Robert Bennett would go on to fight in World War I, compete in hammer throwing at the 1920 Olympics in Belgium, coach high school football and become a …

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