Position: DB/HB College: North Alabama NFL-AFL Games started: 0 Role American football player | Place of birth: Florence, Alabama NFL-AFL Games played: 32 Name Al Romine | |
Date of birth: (1932-03-10)March 10, 1932 Education University of North Alabama | ||
Al Romine: Football Defensive Back and Halfback
Alton Rollon Romine (born March 10, 1932) is a former 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). Romine played collegiate ball for the University of North Alabama before playing professionally for 8 seasons. He retired from football in 1961. In 1963, he became the head coach of the Huntsville Rockets of the Southern Professional Football League.