Dick Romney

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Dick Romney
Romney pictured in Buzzer 1921, Utah Agricultural yearbook
Sport(s)	Football, basketball, track
Biographical details
Born	(1895-02-12)February 12, 1895 Salt Lake City, Utah
Died	February 5, 1969(1969-02-05) (aged 73) Salt Lake City, Utah
Playing career
1914–1916	Utah
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football 1919–1948 Basketball 1919–1941	Utah Agricultural Utah Agricultural
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1919–1948 1949–1959	Utah 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.

Early life, family, and playing career

Romney was born in Salt Lake City to 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. Ott Romney, W. W. "Woody" Romney, Milton 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.

Head coaching record

College basketball

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Utah Agricultural (Independent) (1919–1923)
1919–20	Utah Agricultural	2–0
1920–21	Utah Agricultural	6–4
1921–22	Utah Agricultural	8–3
1922–23	Utah Agricultural	8–4
Utah Agricultural (Mountain States Conference) (1923–1941)
1923–24	Utah Agricultural	6–6	3–5	2nd
1924–25	Utah Agricultural	12–7	5–5	T–2nd
1925–26	Utah Agricultural	13–5	8–4	1st
1926–27	Utah Agricultural	11–3	9–3	2nd
1927–28	Utah Agricultural	7–7	5–7	2nd
1928–29	Utah Agricultural	8–10	4–8	3rd
1929–30	Utah Agricultural	15–7	7–5	T–1st
1930–31	Utah Agricultural	13–7	7–5	T–2nd
1931–32	Utah Agricultural	7–15	2–10	4th
1932–33	Utah Agricultural	10–12	4–8	3rd
1933–34	Utah Agricultural	14–6	7–5	T–2nd
1934–35	Utah Agricultural	17–5	9–3	1st
1935–36	Utah Agricultural	17–9	9–3	1st
1936–37	Utah Agricultural	6–9	5–7	T–3rd
1937–38	Utah Agricultural	11–9	6–6	4th
1938–39	Utah Agricultural	17–7	8–4	2nd	NCAA Elite Eight
1939–40	Utah Agricultural	11–7	7–5	T–3rd
1940–41	Utah Agricultural	5–16	2–10	7th
Utah Agricultural:		224–158 (.586)	107–103 (.510)
Total:		224–158 (.586)
National champion Conference regular season champion Conference tournament champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Conference division champion

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

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 (2009–2012)
Matt Wells (2013– )

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)
Bebe 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–)

v t e 1916 Helms Foundation NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

Ray Bohler Bill Chandler Cyril Haas George Levis Clyde Littlefield Edward McNichol Dick Romney Abe Sieberts Fred Williams Ray Woods

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Persondata
Name	Romney, Dick
Alternative names	Romney, Ernest Lowell; Romney, E. Lowell
Short description	American football player and coach, basketball coach, college athletics administrator
Date of birth	February 12, 1895
Place of birth	Salt Lake City, Utah
Date of death	February 5, 1969
Place of death	Salt Lake City, Utah

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