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{{Short description|American football player (1899–1975)}}
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| image = Milton Romney 1921.jpeg
|birth_date={{Birth date|1899|6|20}}▼
| caption = Romney, circa 1921
|birth_place=[[Salt Lake City, Utah]]▼
▲| position = [[Fullback (American football)|Fullback]]<br>[[Halfback (American football)|Halfback]]<br>[[Quarterback]]
|death_date= November 10, 1975 (aged 76)▼
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|death_place = [[Little Rock, Arkansas]]▼
▲| birth_date = {{Birth date|1899|6|20}}
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▲| birth_place = [[Salt Lake City, Utah]], U.S.
|college=[[Chicago Maroons football|University of Chicago]]▼
▲| death_date = November 10, 1975 (aged 76)
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▲| death_place = [[Little Rock, Arkansas]], U.S.
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▲| college = [[Chicago Maroons football|University of Chicago]]
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* [[Racine Legion]] (1923–1924)
* [[Chicago Bears]] (1925–1928)
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* Second-team [[List of All-Big Ten Conference football teams|All-Big Ten]] ([[1921 All-Big Ten Conference football team|1921]])
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'''Milton Addas''' "'''Mitt'''" '''Romney'''<ref name="bostonglobe"/><ref name="chictrib"/><ref name="chicmag"/> (June 20, 1899 – November 10, 1975) was an American professional [[American football|football]] player who played in the [[History of American football positions#Offensive backfield|offensive backfield]] for the [[Racine Legion]] from 1923 to 1924<ref name=pro-football>[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/R/RomnMi20.htm Pro-Football-Reference], Retrieved February 25, 2012.</ref> and was a quarterback for the [[Chicago Bears]] from 1925 to 1928.<ref name="bostonglobe">{{cite news|title=Romney's Charm Offensive|author=Joan Vennochi|date=April 16, 2002|page=A21|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/113923177.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+16%2C+2002&author=JOAN+VENNOCHI&pub=Boston+Globe&desc=ROMNEY%27S+CHARM+OFFENSIVE&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131142541/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/113923177.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+16,+2002&author=JOAN+VENNOCHI&pub=Boston+Globe&desc=ROMNEY'S+CHARM+OFFENSIVE&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 31, 2013|newspaper=Boston Globe|accessdateaccess-date=February 25, 2012}}</ref><ref name=pro-football/> Romney played quarterback for the [[University of Chicago]] in the early 1920s when it had a winning varsity team, and was elected captain of the team in 1922.<ref name="chicmag">{{cite magazine|title=Mitt Romney's Chicago Connection|author=Carol Felsenthal|url=http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/Felsenthal-Files/July-2011/Mitt-Romney-Named-after-QB-for-Chicago-Bears-U-of-Chicago/|magazine=Chicago Magazine|accessdateaccess-date=February 25, 2012}}</ref> After graduating from the University of Chicago in 1923,<ref name="chicmag"/> Romney was head basketball coach at the [[University of Texas at Austin]] during the 1922–23 season. He coached the [[Texas Longhorns men's basketball|Longhorns]] to a record of 11–7.
Romney was born in [[Salt Lake City, Utah]]. He is the cousin of [[George W. Romney]], father of former Massachusetts Governor and, 2012 Republican Presidential Candidate and current junior Utah Senator [[Mitt Romney]]. Mitt Romney is his [[namesake]] and is a first cousin once removed.<ref name="chictrib">{{cite news|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/sns-rt-usa-campaignmittl2e8dod5i-20120224,0,724379.story |title=Mitt Romney in search of more Mitts at Mitt restaurant|last=Holland|first=Steve|newspaper=[[The Chicago Tribune]]|date=February 24, 2012 |accessdateaccess-date=February 24, 2012|archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227123056/http://www.chicagotribune.com/sns-rt-usa-campaignmittl2e8dod5i-20120224%2C0%2C724379.story |archivedatearchive-date=February 27, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Romney died in [[Little Rock, Arkansas]] on November 10, 1975.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/R/RomnMi20.htm|title = Milt Romney Stats| website=[[Pro-Football-Reference.com]] }}</ref>
==Head coaching record==
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| name =[[Texas Longhorns men's basketball|Texas]]
| conference=[[Southwest Conference]]
| startyear =1923
| endyear =single
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 1923
| name = [[1922–23 Texas Longhorns men's basketball team|Texas]]
| overall = 11–7
| conference = 9–7
| confstanding = 2nd
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{{CBB yearly record subtotal
| name = Texas
| overall = 11–7 ({{Winning percentage|11|7}})
| confrecord = 9–7 ({{Winning percentage|9|7}})
}}
{{CBB yearly record end
| overall = 11–7 ({{Winning percentage|11|7}})
| conference = 9–7 ({{Winning percentage|9|7}})
| legend = no
}}
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