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Tom Bonen (born October 28, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois) is the founder and publisher of the Virtual Soccer Magazine (1993–2003) and the Windy City Softball Magazine (1973–1977). He also works as a TV sportscaster for Comcast Sports Net 100 beginning in 1993. For the past ten years Tom spends most of his time being "The Beverly Handyman-Carpenter" on the city's Southside. Tom was an All-American softball player (1975) and played on the 16-inch World Champion ERV Strikers (1973 to 1976). He was inducted into the Chicago 16-Inch Softball Hall of Fame in 1995 in the Hall's first induction class. He was also inducted into the Valparaiso University Sports Hall of Fame in 2006 (as a member of the 1968 nationally recognized baseball team and considered the school's top all-time sports team). ==The early years== Tom and his parents lived in the Woodlawn neighborhood near 62nd and Dorchester (just south of the University of Chicago) until 1955 when they moved to the southwest suburb of Burbank near 79th and State Road. Tom was a graduate of Owens Elementary School in 1961 (Burbank, IL), Reavis High School in 1965 (in Burbank, IL), Valparaiso University in 1969 (BA in Accounting), and completed his graduate studies at Northwestern University (Masters of Management - M.M.) in 1981 (Evanston, IL). In high school Tom was an All-Conference baseball player (at Reavis HS). He also was a thespian and appeared in many of the school's productions during 1963-1965, including several lead roles. He was an accomplished competitive speech participant in comedy readings. He was also a member of the Reavis HS Math Club and won conference and sectional titles in both fractions and binomial equations. In 1965 he was recognized as the Student with the Greatest School Spirit at Reavis. He won the Superintendent's Scholarship Award in 1965 and several other scholarships to attend Valparaiso University. He worked as a young actor at Drury Lane Theatres in Evergreen Park in 1964-1965. He appeared in professional shows with Hollywood legends such as Hugh O'Brien, Martha Ray, and many others. Tom graduated from Valparaiso University with a BA degree in accounting and finance (1969). He completed his graduate studies at Northwestern University with Masters of Management. (i.e., MBA) in finance and marketing (1981) while working in the Loop business district at Continental Illinois National Bank (1972 to 1982). In 2006, his 1968 Valparaiso baseball team was inducted into the Valpo Hall of Fame. His varsity baseball career (1967–69) included three consecutive NCAA post-season tournaments while the team was among the nation's top-ranked teams each of those three years (1967–69). In 1974, he worked alongside Chicago legends Mike Royko and Tim Weigel with the World Series of 16-inch Softball in Soldier Field on NBC and WTTW and has been active on the prep sports scene for the past fifteen years. Tom was an All-American 16-inch softball player and a key member of the US National and World Champion ER Vrdolyak Strikers of Chicago during the 1970s. This top-ranked team of the 1970s is still considered by many authorities as one of the top five teams of the century in Chicago’s legendary softball circles. He also played for the Turners Tap (1972), American Rivet - Sobies (1977–1979), Flamingoes (1976); Alsterda Construction-ERV and Schaaf Glass (1975). In the early 1970s Tom met with marketing executives of RJ Reynolds and convinced them to fund one of the first ever sports-marketing promotions for the new-found corporate sponsor and the naming of the Winston Softball Circuit which began in 1973 in Chicago. He is solely responsible for introducing a multi-layer of competitive levels of play in Chicago's 16-inch softball circles with the development of the Winston Softball Circuit. He was inducted into the Chicago 16-Inch Softball Hall of Fame in its first year of existence in 1996. He was well known as the publisher/editor of the widely popular Windy City Softball Magazine during the 1970s and was donned the "George Halas of Chicago softball" by his long-time friend and 16-inch softball teammate Mike Royko. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tom Bonen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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