Big Chief Bonner

{{Short description|American football player and engineer}}

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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{{cite web|url=http://kodeless.com/clients/53/2011-supplement.-%5B20120824142701%5D-page0215.pdf|title=Team Captains}} and All-Southern in 1911.{{cite journal|journal=Collier's Weekly|volume=48|page=197|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=al8wAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA197|title=The All-Southern Football Team of 1911|author=Nathan Stauffer|year=1911}}{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/officialfootball19111nati#page/n61/mode/2up/search/%22all+southern%22|title=Spalding's Football Guide|date=1911|pages = 35, 65|publisher=Shawnee Mission, Kansas, NCAA Publishing Service }} The 1911 team went 4–0–1 in conference play.

Mobile

He worked as an engineer in Mobile, Alabama.{{cite news|url=https://archive.org/stream/19121116#page/n5/mode/2up/search/chief|page=4|title=Personal Paragraphs|work=Orange and Blue|date=November 16, 1912}}

References

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Category:American football guards

Category:All-Southern college football players

Category:Auburn Tigers football players

Category:Year of birth missing

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