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| Born | December 11, 1930 Florence, Alabama | ||||||||
| Died | September 30, 2015 (aged 84) Phil Campbell, Alabama | ||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
| Listed weight | 191 lb (87 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | Florence (AL) | ||||||||
| College | North Alabama | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1955: undrafted | ||||||||
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Alton Rollon Romine (December 11, 1930 – September 30, 2015) was a gridiron football defensive back and a halfback in the National Football League (NFL), the Canadian Football League (CFL), the Ontario Rugby Football Union (ORFU), and American Football League (AFL). He played for the NFL's Chicago Bears (1955) and Green Bay Packers (1955, 1958); the CFL's Toronto Argonauts (1956) and Ottawa Rough Riders (1959); the ORFU's Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen (1957), and the AFL's Denver Broncos (1960) and Boston Patriots (1961).[2][3] Romine played collegiate ball for the University of North Alabama before playing professionally for 8 seasons. He retired from football in 1961.[4] In 1963, he became the head coach of the Huntsville Rockets of the Southern Professional Football League.[5] He died in 2015.[6]
References
[edit]- ↑ "1996 - Alton "Monk" Romine". roarlions.com. Archived from the original on October 7, 2008. Retrieved March 27, 2009.
- ↑ "Packers.com – Al Romine". Packers.com. Archived from the original on April 19, 2008. Retrieved January 2, 2009.
- ↑ "Pats Get 2 Vets In Denver Trade". The Boston Globe. April 16, 1961. p. 75 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Al Romine Statistics". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved January 2, 2009.
- ↑ "'Test Tube' For League: Rockets, Cherokees To Give All-Out Effort". TimesDaily. July 22, 1963. p. 10. Retrieved October 13, 2014.
- ↑ "Alton Romine". October 3, 2015.
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