Milton Addas Romney was a professional American football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 player who played in the offensive backfield for six seasons for the Racine Legion and the Chicago Bears

Chicago Bears

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. He was also the head

Head coach

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 basketball

College basketball

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 coach

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 of the Texas Longhorns men's basketball

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 team in 1923 with an overall record of 11-7. He was born in Salt Lake City, Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah

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. He was the first cousin once removed and the namesake of former Massachusetts governor and GOP Presidential candidate Mitt Romney

Mitt Romney

Willard Mitt Romney is an American businessman and politician. He was the 70th Governor of Massachusetts from 2003 to 2007 and is a candidate for the 2012 Republican Party presidential nomination.The son of George W...

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