Big Chief Bonner

American football player and engineer
Big Chief Bonner
Auburn Tigers
PositionGuard
ClassGraduate
Career history
CollegeAuburn (1911)
Career highlights and awards

William Smith "Big Chief" Bonner was a college football player and engineer.

Auburn University

Bonner was a prominent guard for Mike Donahue's Auburn Tigers of Auburn University.

1911

Bonner was captain[1] and All-Southern in 1911.[2][3] The 1911 team went 4–0–1 in conference play.

Mobile

He worked as an engineer in Mobile, Alabama.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Team Captains" (PDF).
  2. ^ Nathan Stauffer (1911). "The All-Southern Football Team of 1911". Collier's Weekly. 48: 197.
  3. ^ Spalding's Football Guide. Shawnee Mission, Kansas, NCAA Publishing Service. 1911. pp. 35, 65.
  4. ^ "Personal Paragraphs". Orange and Blue. November 16, 1912. p. 4.
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Backfield
  • QB Ray Morrison†
  • HB Lewie Hardage†
  • HB Bob McWhorter†
  • FB John E. Davis
Line
  • E Jenks Gillem
  • E By Walton
  • T Ewing Y. Freeland†
  • T Rube Barker
  • G Will Metzger
  • G Big Chief Bonner
  • C Hugh Jackson Morgan†
† = Unanimous selection


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