Alton Rollon Romine (December 11, 1930 – September 30, 2015) was a

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and a halfback in the

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(NFL), the

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(CFL), the Ontario Rugby Football Union (ORFU), and

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(AFL). He played for the NFL's

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(1955) and

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(1955, 1958); the CFL's

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(1956) and

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(1959); the ORFU's Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen (1957), and the AFL's

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(1960) and

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(1961). Romine played

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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

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of the Southern Professional Football League. He died in 2015.

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