Elwood Snow "Woody" Romney (May 28, 1911 – August 24, 1970) was an American

United States

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 basketball

Basketball

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 player and coach. He was an All-American

NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

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 at Brigham Young University

Brigham Young University

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 (BYU) and later played semi-professionally. After his playing days, Romney coached at the college level.

Romney, a forward from St. George, Utah

St. George, Utah

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, starred at Dixie High School

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 and played collegiately at Brigham Young

BYU Cougars men's basketball

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 from 1929–33. Romney led the Cougars to a pair of Rocky Mountain Conference titles. He was named a consensus All-American

NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

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 in 1931

1931 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

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 and again made the Helms Athletic Foundation

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 All-America team in 1932

1932 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

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. Romney scored 1,150 points in his BYU career.

After the completion of his college career, Romney played semi-professional basketball with the Denver Athletic Club. He then coached collegiately, first at Western State College

Western State College of Colorado

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 for the 1935-36 season (13-7 record), then at the Colorado School of Mines

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 from 1936 to 1939 (9-45 record).

After leaving coaching, Elwood Romney remained active in sports in Colorado. He was a key figure in founding the Western League, a minor-league baseball

Minor league baseball

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 circuit, and served as league president. He also owned the Denver Bears franchise.

Elwood Romney was inducted into the BYU Athletics Hall of Fame, the Helms Athletic Foundation Hall of Fame and the Utah Sports Hall of Fame. He died on August 24, 1970.