RIP Jerry Bonney

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Bonney played in the early 1970s with Dunbar, Jones, etc. He was a high school all star at Houston basketball powerhouse Wheatley High School.

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RIP Jerry Bonney

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Really sad to hear this. All the great players from my youth are slowly passing on. All my condolences to Jerry’s family.

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So sad to hear this. He was Guy’s first Wheatley recruits followed by AA Dwight Jones.
On of the top five guard defenders we ever had here

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Helped win a lot of games for us. Houstonian.

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Can you guys that saw him olay give us a more recent UH player comparison that he reminds you of.

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Tough to compare players, but I will give it a go. Bonney was a tall PG at 6’4", a complimentary scorer, whose job it was to run the offense, play D, and feed the scorers. The closest comparison of the most recent PG would be DeJon “Deeky” Jarreau, or a little further back, Derrick Daniels. Maybe someone else can think of a comparison.

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Hate to see this.

Such wonderful memories of him and those early 70s teams.

Prayers to his family.

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My dad often talked about his performance against JSU

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Saw him play when I attended UH.

Another elite Guy V. Lewis recruit.

Sad to see so many UH players pass away.

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I would agree that Derrick Daniels might be the closest former player to compare him to.

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I used to see Jerry at the courthouse from time to time.

He was a very kind man and seemed to be well-liked by his colleagues.

I had a UH program from back in the day where Jerry was on the cover. I mentioned to him I’d like to get him to autograph it and he was happy to, but I never seemed to remember to bring it.

Sad news.