Howard Roome

Howard Roome
Sport(s) Football
Biographical details
Died April 1931
Playing career
Yale
Position(s) Halfback
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
First-team All-American, 1905

Howard Le Chevalier Roome ( – April 1931) was an American football player. He played halfback for Yale University championship teams of 1905 and 1906 and was selected by Walter Camp as a first-team All-American in 1905.[1] Roome graduated from Yale in 1907 and married amateur golfer Florence Newman Ayres in April 1909.[2] In May 1920, Roome won a $4,100 bet by climbing the 47 flights of stairs from the sub-cellar to the cupola of the Equitable Building in New York in 8 minutes, 52 seconds.[3] He later went into the real estate business and lived in Westbury, New York. He died in April 1931.[4]

References

  1. ^ "All-American Eleven: Walter Camp Selects the Best Football Team; West Figures Prominently". The Washington Post. 1905-12-20. 
  2. ^ "Roome-Ayres Wedding on April 24". The New York Times. 1909-04-20. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9405E6DA1539E733A25753C2A9629C946897D6CF. 
  3. ^ "CLIMBS 40 STORIES IN 9 MINUTES ON BET; Veteran Yale Athlete Wins $4,100 in Race Up Equitable Building Stairs. 940 STEPS, TWO AT STRIDE Skeptic Allowed 40 Minutes for Test, With $100 Bonus for Each Minute Under Limit". The New York Times. 1920-05-05. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9A0DE6D71E31E03ABC4D53DFB366838B639EDE. 
  4. ^ "HOWARD LE C. ROOME, FORMER ATHLETE, DIES; Realty Firm's Head Is Stricken Suddenly--Once a Star Halfback at Yale". The New York Times. 1931-04-11. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20D13FB3955147A93C3A8178FD85F458385F9.