Brian Bonner (linebacker)

Brian Bonner
No. 56
Date of birth: October 9, 1965
Place of birth: Mount Vernon, New York
Career information
Position(s): Linebacker
College: Wisconsin
Minnesota
NFL Draft: 1988 / Round: 9 / Pick: 247
Organizations
As player:
1988
1989
1991-1994
1995
1995
San Francisco 49ers
Washington Redskins
Ottawa Rough Riders
Saskatchewan Roughriders
Shreveport Pirates
CFL East All-Star: 1991
Career stats
Playing stats at NFL.com

Brian Keith Bonner (born October 9, 1965 in Mount Vernon, New York) is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League for the San Francisco 49ers and the Washington Redskins. He played college football at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the University of Minnesota. After concluding his NFL career, Bonner went on to play four seasons for the Ottawa Rough Riders of the Canadian Football League. He split his final CFL season with the Saskatchewan Roughriders and the Shreveport Pirates.

Bonner graduated from the University of Minnesota with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies (University of Minnesota Office of the Registrar), and as a dean's list student from Life University College of Chiropractic, where he earned the Doctor of Chiropractic degree (Life University Office of the Registrar).

Bonner is currently a licensed and practicing sports medicine chiropractor in Atlanta, Georgia (Georgia Board of Chiropractic Examiners). He was previously married to Sabrina Blackler of Ottawa, Canada, and is the father of one daughter, Perri Celeste Bonner, who signed an NCAA National Letter of Intent on February 6, 2013 (National Collegiate Athletic Association), to play women's soccer at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC) beginning Fall 2013 (University of North Carolina at Charlotte Athletic Department; http://www.charlotte49ers.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=23200&SPID=44786&SPSID=363370)