Career
As a senior at Bellaire High School in 1926, Bonar was the football team captain and quarterback. After graduation, he enrolled at West Virginia University but later would transfer to Notre Dame. As the quarterback for Notre Dame under head coach Hunk Anderson, he was unable to replicate his success from high school.
His lone campaign as a starter in 1933 resulted in a record of 3-5-1 including six games where the Irish offense was shut out.
His career highlight occurred when his drop-kick extra point enabled Notre Dame to defeat 9-0 Army by the score of 13-12 on December 2, 1933 in Yankee Stadium. After graduation, Bonar played one year of professional football in the Canadian Football League before becoming an assistant coach at the University of Cincinnati.
Bonar held the position of Bellaire"s athletic director when he died of a heart attack in 1970, purportedly while watching a broadcast of the Notre Dame versus