Romney pictured in Buzzer 1921, Utah Agricultural yearbook
Biographical details
Born
(1895-02-12)February 12, 1895 Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
Died
February 5, 1969(1969-02-05) (aged 73) Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
Playing career
1914–1916
Utah
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1919–1948
Utah Agricultural
Basketball
1919–1941
Utah Agricultural
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1919–1948
Utah Agricultural
1949–1960
Skyline Six / Skyline (comm.)
Head coaching record
Overall
128–91–16 (football) 224–158 (basketball)
Bowls
0–1
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football 3 RMC (1921, 1935–1936) 1 MSC (1946)
College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1954 (profile)
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,[1] 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 1960.[2][3] Romney was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1954[4] and was elected to the Helms Athletic Foundation and Hall of Fame as a football coach in 1958.
^"The Deseret News - Google News Archive Search".
^McCulloch, Ollie (January 28, 1949). "Dick Romney Accepts Skyline Six Commissioner Position". The Salt Lake Tribune. p. 22. Retrieved January 5, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
^"Brechler Quits Iowa Post, Becomes Skyline Chief". The Salt Lake Tribune. AP. February 25, 1960. p. 21. Retrieved January 5, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
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