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Big Chief Bonner

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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

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

1911

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

Mobile

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

References

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  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.