Al Bonniwell

Alfred Eugene Bonniwell (October 6, 1911 – March 8, 2002) was an American basketball player. An early professional in the National Basketball League, he was also an All-American college player at Dartmouth. Bonniwell played two seasons for the Akron Firestone Non-Skids, averaging 5.1 points per game in 39 contests.[1] Bonniwell served in the U.S. Army in both World War 2 and the Korean war, and was awarded the Bronze Star. He moved to Alexandria, Virginia in 1961, and retired from the Army in 1967 as a colonel. He then worked as an employment counselor for the Virginia Employment Commission's Falls Church from 1968-1978. He married his wife Maxine (1922-2007) in 1949. They remained married until Al's death, and had two daughters (Linda and Debra, and one son, Ronald.[2] In 2010, Bonniwell was posthumously inducted into the Lower Merion High School Basketball Hall of Fame, as the first alumnus of the school to play professional basketball.[3]

Al Bonniwell
Personal information
Born(1911-10-06)October 6, 1911
Wayne, Pennsylvania
DiedMarch 8, 2002(2002-03-08) (aged 90)
Arlington, Virginia
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight175 lb (79 kg)
Career information
High schoolLower Merion
(Ardmore, Pennsylvania)
CollegeDartmouth (1932–1935)
Playing career1937–1939
PositionGuard / Forward
Career history
1937–1939Akron Firestone Non-Skids
Career highlights and awards

References
  1. "Alfred Bonniwell basketball-reference.com profile". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved January 1, 2015.
  2. "Class of 2010 inducted into Lower Merion Basketball Hall of Fame". Main Line Media News. December 24, 2010. Retrieved January 1, 2015.
  3. "Obituary". Retrieved July 2, 2015.


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