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Whittier College

Hall of Fame

Aubrey Bonham

Aubrey Bonham

  • Class
  • Induction
  • Sport(s)
  • Coached in Basketball, Track, Tennis, Wrestling

  • 15 SCIAC Basketball Championships including 3 NAIA District Basketball Championships

  • 514 Whittier College wins in Basketball

  • 1 Southern California Track Championship

  • Graduated from Northern Iowa University

  • M.S. from USC

  • Coached at Algona High in Iowa, winning a Sectional Basketball Championship

  • Also Coached at Whittier City Schools from 1933-1936 including two years at Whittier High

  • First Full-time City of Whittier Recreation Director in 1944-1945

  • Author of many athletic magazine articles and two books, “Coaching the Flexible Man to Man Defense” and “The Secrets of Winning Fast Break Basketball”

  • Named Outstanding Basketball Coach by Coach & Athletic Magazine

  • Named to the Helms Athletic Hall of Fame

  • Coach of the Year NAIA District 1968

  • Chairman of Physical Education and Athletics at Whittier College

  • District Chairman of PE Recreational Association

 

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