Nino Bongiovanni

Anthony Thomas "Nino" Bongiovanni (December 21, 1911 – January 6, 2009) was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played two seasons in Major League Baseball for the Cincinnati Reds. Bongiovanni was 5 feet, 10 inches tall and weighed 175 pounds.

Career Bongiovanni was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1911. He started his professional baseball career in 1933 with the Pacific Coast League's Seattle Indians. Bongiovanni played in the PCL for five seasons, batting over .300 in three of them. In 1937, he batted .322 and led the league with 236 hits. He was then drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in October of that year. In 66 games, he had a .258 batting average.

In January 1940, Bongiovanni was traded to the Yankees. Daniel Bongiovanni played baseball for Santa Clara University in 1976–78.

Daniel's son Tony Bongiovanni played for University of California, Davis Baseball team 2007–2010.