Dick Romney, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Dick Romney

American football player and coach, basketball coach, college athletics administrator

Date of Birth: 12-Feb-1895

Place of Birth: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Date of Death: 05-Feb-1969

Profession: basketball coach, baseball player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Ernest Lowell "Dick" Romney (February 12, 1895 – February 5, 1969) was an American football, basketball and baseball 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 Skyline 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.