Steve Romanik (May 27, 1924 – September 16, 2009) was an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

player. Romanik grew up in Millville, New Jersey of a Ukrainian-American family, and played high school football at Millville Senior High School, later serving on the Millville City Commission. He played collegiate football for the

Villanova Wildcats The Villanova Wildcats are the athletic teams of Villanova University. They compete in the Big East (NCAA Division I) for every sport; except football and rowing where they compete in the Colonial Athletic Association (Football Championship Sub ...

, and played quarterback in the NFL from 1950 to 1954 for the

Chicago Bears The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago. The Bears compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) North division. The Bears have won nine NF ...

and

Chicago Cardinals The professional American football team now known as the Arizona Cardinals previously played in Chicago, Illinois, as the Chicago Cardinals from 1898 to 1959 before relocating to St. Louis, Missouri, for the 1960 through 1987 seasons. Roots ca ...

.Steve Romanik
, database Football. Accessed October 24, 2007.

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1924 births 2009 deaths American football quarterbacks Chicago Bears players Chicago Cardinals players Millville Senior High School alumni New Jersey city council members People from Millville, New Jersey Sportspeople from Cumberland County, New Jersey Players of American football from New Jersey Villanova Wildcats football players American people of Ukrainian descent 20th-century American politicians {{quarterback-1920s-stub