William Smith "Big Chief" Bonner was a
college football player and engineer.
Auburn University
Bonner was a prominent
guard for
Mike Donahue
Michael Joseph "Iron Mike" Donahue (June 14, 1876 – December 11, 1960) was an American football player, coach of football, basketball, baseball, tennis, Track and field athletics, track, Association football, soccer, and golf, and a college a ...
's
Auburn Tigers
The Auburn Tigers are the athletic teams representing Auburn University, a public four-year coeducational university located in Auburn, Alabama, United States. The Auburn Tigers compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Assoc ...
of
Auburn University.
1911
Bonner was
captain
Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police department, election precinct, e ...
and
All-Southern in 1911.
The 1911 team went 4–0–1 in conference play.
Mobile
He worked as an engineer in
Mobile, Alabama.
References
American football guards
All-Southern college football players
Auburn Tigers football players
Year of birth missing
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