Monk Bonasorte

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Francis Joseph "Monk" Bonasorte is a former All-American college football player for Florida State University (FSU) who later was convicted of drug trafficking and worked in various semi-pro sports leagues before returning to Florida State to head the school's Varsity Club.

Bonasorte played for Florida State Seminoles from 1977 until 1980, including starring on the 1979 team which went undefeated during the regular season. He held the school's career (15) and season (8 in 1979) interception records until both marks were eclipsed by Terrell Buckley in 1991.[1][2] Bonasorte was a two-time All-American and was inducted into Florida State's Hall of Fame in 1995.[3][4]

After his college career, Bonasorte worked as a scouting coordinator for the Jacksonville Bulls of the United States Football League. In 1987, he was arrested on cocaine trafficking charges.[5] He pled guilty and was sentenced to six months in prison.[6]

Bonasorte later worked as the vice-president and general manager of the Tallahassee Thunder of the af2 football league.[7] In 2003, after the Thunder ceased operations, he took a job as the executive director of the FSU Varsity Club for former Florida State athletes. As of that time, he was married and had two children.[8]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Harig, Bob (1991, November 3). "Buckley sets interception mark", St. Petersburg Times, Page C8
  2. ^ Harig, Bob (1991, November 10). "For FSU, the wait is finally over", St. Petersburg Times, Page C8
  3. ^ FSU Hall of Fame
  4. ^ Seminole Radio Network Sponsorship
  5. ^ (1987, May 2). "Former FSU football star arrested on cocaine charge", St. Petersburg Times, Page C2
  6. ^ (1987, July 18). "Van Poppel barely wins Tour de France's 17th leg", St. Petersburg Times, Page C2
  7. ^ (2000, February 26). "Thunder, AFL2 Unaffected by AFL Season Cancellation", Tallahassee Democrat
  8. ^ Beard, Randy. (2003, March 30). "Bonasorte Back Home Inside Doak", Tallahassee Democrat, Page C1
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