Big Chief Bonner

Big Chief Bonner

Auburn Tigers
Position	Guard
Class	Graduate
Career history
College	Auburn (1911)
Career highlights and awards
All-Southern (1911)

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.