Keith Bennett

Keith Bennett (קית' בנט; born April 19, 1961) is an American-Israeli former basketball player. He played the guard and forward positions. He is tall. Bennett was named to the 1978–79 New Haven Register All-State boys basketball team, and 1978–79 All-Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference.

Bennett attended Sacred Heart University, and played for the Sacred Heart Pioneers. He was named a National Association of Basketball Coaches Division II All-American in 1981, 1982, and 1983, and Regional Player of the Year in 1982 and 1983.

He was drafted in the 1983 NBA draft in Round 7, Pick 156, by the New Jersey Nets. He also played briefly in Argentina. He completed his mandatory service in the Israel Defense Forces with a two-week stint.

Bennett returned to the United States in 1995. In a 2005 interview, he stated he was working in the management of a residential building complex in Virginia. He had not returned to Israel since his playing career but described it as "a second home to me."