Al Bonniwell

Al Bonniwell
Personal information
Born (1911-10-06)October 6, 1911
Wayne, Pennsylvania
Died March 8, 2002(2002-03-08) (aged 90)
Arlington, Virginia
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight 175 lb (79 kg)
Career information
High school Lower Merion
(Ardmore, Pennsylvania)
College Dartmouth (1932–1935)
Playing career 1937–1939
Position Guard / Forward
Career history
1937–1939 Akron Firestone Non-Skids
Career highlights and awards

Alfred Eugene "Al" 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]

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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