He lasted a little more than a season and a half when he was replaced by Benny Borgmann.

Bulldogs ' quarterback, Benny Friedman, a Michigan native, coach LeRoy Andrews and several other players then formed a new team, the Detroit Wolverines, under Fisher's ownership.

* Benny Friedman: played for Michigan ( 1925 – 1926 ), head coach for New York Giants ( 1930 ) and Brooklyn Dodgers ( 1932 ) of the NFL, head coach for Brandeis Judges ( 1951 – 1959 )

* Benny Moss, head coach at UNC Wilmington, 2006 – 10

* Benny Friedman, NFL coach and player

Göran Bror Benny Andersson () ( born 16 December 1946 ), known professionally as Benny Andersson, is a Swedish musician, composer, former member of the Swedish musical group ABBA ( 1972 – 1983 ), and co-composer of the musicals Chess, Kristina från Duvemåla, and Mamma Mia !.

* 1946 – Benny Andersson, Swedish musician, singer and songwriter ( ABBA )

* 1946 – Benny Mardones, American singer-songwriter

Early national attention to trick-or-treating was given in October 1947 issues of the children's magazines Jack and Jill and Children's Activities, and by Halloween episodes of the network radio programs The Baby Snooks Show in 1946 and The Jack Benny Show and The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet in 1948.

It was a collection of celebrity snippets such as this one, in the May 1946 issue: " Benny Goodman was dining at Ciro's steak house in New York when a very homely girl entered.

Benny Lynch ( 2 April 1913 – 6 August 1946 in Gorbals, Glasgow, Scotland ) was a Scottish professional boxer who fought in the flyweight division.

They toned the gag down after 1941, though they kept it going often enough as the years continued, climaxing on Allen's May 26, 1946 show, in which a sketch called " King for a Day ," satirizing big-money game shows, featured Benny pretending to be a contestant named Myron Proudfoot on Allen's new quiz show.

* Benny Lynch ( 2 April 1913 – 6 August 1946 ), boxer, became the British, European and World Flyweight Champion.

Modernists included Benny Harris, trumpet, on and off from 1941 to 1945, Cliff Smalls, trombone and second piano, 1942 to 1946 and Wardell Gray, tenor saxophone, 1943 to 1946.

She also played the same dignified, poised dowager in other movies, with W. C. Fields ( Never Give a Sucker an Even Break, 1941 ) and ( Tales of Manhattan, 1942 ), Abbott and Costello ( Little Giant, 1946 ), Laurel and Hardy ( The Dancing Masters, 1943 ), Red Skelton ( Bathing Beauty, 1944 ), Jack Benny ( The Horn Blows at Midnight, 1945 ), Wheeler and Woolsey and George " Spanky " McFarland ( Kentucky Kernels, 1934 ) and ( High Flyers, 1937, with Lupe Vélez thrown in for good measure ), radio comedian Joe Penner ( The Life of the Party, 1937 ), George " Gabby " Hayes ( Sunset in El Dorado ), and Danny Kaye ( Up In Arms, 1944 ), and on television with Martin and Lewis ( The Colgate Comedy Hour, December 1951 ).

In 1946, Harris and wife Alice Faye began co-hosting The Fitch Bandwagon, a comedy-variety program that followed the Benny show on Sunday nights.

At the height of his radio fame, and after leaving the Benny show in 1939 ( succeeded by Dennis Day, whose tenor was similar to Baker's ), he appeared in seventeen film musicals, including Mr. Dodd Takes the Air ( 1937 ), At the Circus ( 1939 ), and The Harvey Girls ( 1946 ).

Benny Binion was also the owner of the 1946, 1947 and 1948 National Cutting Horse Association ( NCHA ) World Champion, " Nigger " ( referenced in the current era of political sensitivity as " Benny Binion's Gelding ").

1946 was also a notable year for the song, with a Bing Crosby / Fred Astaire film taking its title, and two recorded versions by Count Basie and Benny Goodman reaching # 8 and # 9 on the pop charts, respectively.

After his honorable discharge in 1946 he prepared arrangements for Count Basie, Benny Goodman and Harry James and became a member of Norman Granz ’ s ' Jazz at the Philharmonic ' package, appearing in April in a concert with Young, Coleman Hawkins and Charlie Parker, and in October participated in JATPs first national tour of the United States.

On his return to civilian life, he continued to work with Benny while also starring on his own NBC show, A Day in the Life of Dennis Day ( 1946 – 1951 ).

In 1946, Don Wilson was a regular on the daytime comedy Glamour Manor, opposite former Jack Benny Program regular Kenny Baker.

* 1925 – Benny Bailey, American trumpet player, songwriter, and producer ( Kenny Clarke / Francy Boland Big Band ) ( d. 2005 )

* 1907 – Benny Carter, American musician, composer, and bandleader ( d. 2003 )

* 1992 – Benny Hill, English comedian ( b. 1924 )

* 1932 – Benny Rothman leads the mass trespass of Kinder Scout, leading to substantial legal reforms in the United Kingdom.

* 1894 – Jack Benny, American actor and comedian ( d. 1974 )

* 1951 – Benny Ayala, baseball player

* 1929 – Benny Golson, American jazz musician

* 1941 – Benny Parsons, American race car driver ( d. 2007 )

* 1985 – Benny Feilhaber, American soccer player

* 2007 – Benny Parsons, American racecar driver and commentator ( b. 1941 )

* 1980 – Benny Yau, Canadian actor and tenor

* 1909 – Benny Goodman, American clarinetist, songwriter, and bandleader ( d. 1986 )

* 1984 – Benny Dayal, Indian singer

* 1976 – Benny Vansteelant, Belgian duathlete ( d. 2007 )

* 1969 – Benny Chan Ho Man, Hong Kong actor and singer

* Benny Hinn – Evangelist

Although five candidates announced their intention to run, the three representing minor parties ( Benny Begin of Herut – The National Movement, Azmi Bishara of Balad and Yitzhak Mordechai of the Centre Party ) dropped out before election day, and Ehud Barak beat Netanyahu in the election.

* Eddie Anderson ( comedian ) ( 1904 – 1977 ), an actor sometimes known as " Rochester ", after his character " Rochester Van Jones " on The Jack Benny Program

* February 28 – Eddie " Rochester " Anderson, African-American actor ( The Jack Benny Show ) ( b. 1905 )

* June 22 – Benny Green, British writer, radio broadcaster and saxophonist ( b. 1927 )

* November 15 – Benny Elias, Australian rugby player