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Dick Romney 
Sport(s) Football, basketball, track Biographical details Born February 12, 1895 Place of birth Salt Lake City, Utah Died February 5, 1969 (aged 73) Place of death Salt Lake City, Utah Playing career 1914–1916 Utah Coaching career (HC unless noted) Football
1919–1948
Basketball
1919–1941
Utah Agricultural
Utah AgriculturalAdministrative career (AD unless noted) 1919–1948
1949–1959Utah Agricultural
Mountain States Conf. (comm.)Head coaching record Overall 128–91–16 (football)
224–158 (basketball)Bowls 0–1 Statistics College Football Data Warehouse Accomplishments and honors Championships 3 RMAC (1921, 1935–1936)
1 Mountain States (1946)College Football Hall of Fame
Inducted in 1954 (profile)Ernest Lowell "Dick" Romney (February 12, 1895 – February 5, 1969) was an American football and basketball player and coach, track athlete, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach and athletic director at the Agricultural College of Utah, now Utah State University, from 1918 to 1949, compiling a career college football record of 128–91–16. Romney was also the head basketball coach at Utah Agricultural from 1919 to 1941, tallying a college basketball mark of 224–158. He served as the commissioner of the Mountain States Conference from 1949 to 1959. Romney was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1954 and was elected to the Helms Athletic Foundation and Hall of Fame as a football coach in 1958.
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Early life, family, and playing career
Romney was born in Salt Lake City to were George Romney and Hannah Ottinger Romney. "Dick" was a nickname to given him by his mother. He married Elizabeth ("Beth") Horlick of Salt Lake City in 1917.
Romney graduated from the University of Utah where he lettered in football (playing as a running back), basketball, baseball, and track. He was a member of the A.A.U. national championship basketball team of 1916. In 1916, he was chosen by the Helms Foundation as an All-American Collegiate and A.A.U. Basketball player.
Romney's brothers G. O. "Ott" Romney, W. W. "Woody" Romney, Milt Romney and Floyd Romney were all gifted athletes. Milt Romney played college football at Utah and Chicago as a quarterback and later coached at Texas and for the Racine Cardinals. From 1925 to 1928, Milt was a quarterback for the Chicago Bears of the NFL. Romney was a cousin of former Governors George Romney of Michigan and Mitt Romney of Massachusetts.
Honors
Romney Stadium, the football stadium at Utah State University, was named after the Hall of Fame coach in 1969.
References
External links
- Dick Romney at the College Football Hall of Fame
- Dick Romney at the College Football Data Warehouse
- Dick Romney at College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
1916 Helms Foundation NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans Ray Bohler • William Chandler • Cyril Haas • George Levis • Clyde Littlefield • Edward McNichol • Dick Romney • Abe Sieberts • Fred Williams • Ray Woods
Utah State Aggies head football coaches No coach (1892) • No team (1893–1895) • Mayo (1896) • No team (1897) • Dunning (1898) • Willard Langton (1899–1900) • Dick Richards (1901) • George Campbell (1902–1906) • Mysterious Walker (1907–1908) • Clayton Teetzel (1909–1915) • Jack Watson (1916–1917) • No team (1918) • Dick Romney (1919–1942) • No team (1943) • Dick Romney (1944–1948) • George Melinkovich (1949–1950) • John Roning (1951–1954) • Ev Faunce (1955–1958) • John Ralston (1959–1962) • Tony Knap (1963–1966) • Chuck Mills (1967–1972) • Phil Krueger (1973–1975) • Bruce Snyder (1976–1982) • Chris Pella (1983–1985) • Chuck Shelton (1986–1991) • Charlie Weatherbie (1992–1994) • John L. Smith (1995–1997) • Dave Arslanian (1998–1999) • Mick Dennehy (2000–2004) • Brent Guy (2005–2008) • Gary Andersen (2009– )
Utah State Aggies men's basketball head coaches George Campbell (1903–1904) • No team (1904–1905) • George Campbell (1905–1907) • Mysterious Walker (1907–1908) • Clayton Teetzel (1908–1914) • Joseph Jensen (1914–1919) • Dick Romney (1919–1941) • Robert Burnett (1941–1942) • D. D. Young (1942–1943) • No team (1943–1944) • D. D. Young (1944–1945) • H. B. Lee (1945–1947) • Joe Whitesides (1947–1950) • H. Cecil Baker (1950–1961) • LaDell Andersen (1961–1971) • T. L. Plain (1971–1973) • Dutch Belnap (1973–1979) • Rod Tueller (1979–1988) • Kohn Smith (1988–1993) • Larry Eustachy (1993–1998) • Stew Morrill (1998–)
Categories:- 1895 births
- 1969 deaths
- Utah State Aggies athletic directors
- Utah State Aggies football coaches
- Utah State Aggies men's basketball coaches
- Utah Utes baseball players
- Utah Utes football players
- Utah Utes men's basketball players
- College athletic conference commissioners in the United States
- College Football Hall of Fame inductees
- People from Salt Lake City, Utah
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