Tony Bono

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Tony Bono
Personal information
Full name Anthony Bono
Date of birth (1963-11-20) November 20, 1963 (age 59)
Place of birth Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Position(s) Midfielder / Defender
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1981–1984 Drexel Dragons
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1985–1987 Minnesota Strikers (indoor) 55 (3)
1988 Chicago Sting (indoor) 10 (0)
1988 Houston Dynamos
1988–1995 Dayton Dynamo (indoor) 258 (176)
1995 Cincinnati Silverbacks (indoor) 4 (3)
1995–1996 Chicago Power (indoor) 30 (27)
1996 Milwaukee Wave (indoor) 7 (1)
1996–1997 Philadelphia KiXX (indoor) 33 (23)
Managerial career
1992 Dayton Dynamo
1995 Dayton Dynamo
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Anthony "Tony" Bono is a retired American soccer player who played professionally in the Major Indoor Soccer League, American Indoor Soccer Association, National Professional Soccer League and Lone Star Soccer Alliance.

Bono graduated from Frankford High School, where he was a 1979 First-Team and 1980 Second-Team All-State soccer player. [1] [2] Bono then attended Drexel University, where he was a 1984 first-team All-American soccer player. [3] In 1985, the Minnesota Strikers of the Major Indoor Soccer League drafted Bono in the third round. In December 1987, the Strikers waived Bono. [4] On January 15, 1988, the Chicago Sting signed Bono to a ten-day contract. [5] The Sting kept Bono on the roster until they folded at the end of the season. Bono then spent the summer season with the Houston Dynamos of the Lone Star Soccer Alliance. [6] The Dynamos went to the championship game where they fell to Dallas Mean Green. In the fall of 1988, Bono signed with the Hershey Impact of the American Indoor Soccer Association but was traded to the Dayton Dynamo on November 2, 1988, for a second-round draft pick and cash. [7] He remained with the Dynamo until 1996. In January 1995, Bono became head coach of the Dynamo. The team ownership made this decision because Bono had acted as head coach at the end of the 1991–1992 season and had suffered a season-ending knee injury earlier in the 1994–1995 season. [8] During the 1995 off-season, the Dynamos moved to Cincinnati, Ohio to become the Cincinnati Silverbacks. On November 17, 1995, the Silverbacks traded Bono to the Chicago Power. [9] [10] On March 6, 1996, the Power sent Bono to the Milwaukee Wave. [11] [12] In June 1996, Bono moved to the Philadelphia Kixx.

In 2001, he was inducted into the Southeastern Pennsylvania Soccer Hall of Fame. [13]

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References

  1. ↑ 1979 Male All-State Team Archived 2010-11-27 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ 1980 Male All-State Team Archived 2010-11-27 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ 1984 All Americans
  4. ↑ December 15, 1987 Transactions
  5. ↑ Hobbling Sting hopes to end skid vs. Dallas Chicago Sun-Times - Friday, January 15, 1988
  6. ↑ Sports briefs Houston Chronicle - Sunday, AUGUST 7, 1988
  7. ↑ DEALS USA TODAY - Wednesday, November 2, 1988
  8. ↑ DYNAMO FIRE NICHOLL - BONO NOW PLAYER/COACH Dayton Daily News (OH) - Wednesday, January 25, 1995
  9. ↑ NOLES BOWDEN GETS NEW DEAL Philadelphia Daily News (PA) - Friday, November 17, 1995
  10. ↑ Chicago POWER 1995-96 Statistics Archived 2012-02-07 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ↑ Wave acquires midfielder Bono Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Wednesday, March 6, 1996
  12. ↑ Milwaukee Wave Media Guide Archived 2012-02-07 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ↑ SEPA Hall of Fame Inductees
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