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Howard Le Chevalier Roome ( – April 1931) was an American football player. He played halfback for Yale University championship teams of 1905 and 1906 and was selected by Walter Camp as a first-team All-American in 1905. Roome graduated from Yale in 1907 and married amateur golfer Florence Newman Ayres in April 1909. In May 1920, Roome won a $4,100 bet by climbing the 47 flights of stairs from the sub-cellar to the cupola of the Equitable Building in New York in 8 minutes, 52 seconds. He later went into the real estate business and lived in Westbury, New York. He died in April 1931.

References

1. "All-American Eleven: Walter Camp Selects the Best Football Team; West Figures Prominently". The Washington Post. December 20, 1905.
2. "Roome-Ayres Wedding on April 24" (PDF). The New York Times. April 20, 1909.
3. "CLIMBS 40 STORIES IN 9 MINUTES ON BET; Veteran Yale Athlete Wins $4,100 in Race Up Equitable Building Stairs. 940 STEPS, TWO AT STRIDE Skeptic Allowed 40 Minutes for Test, With $100 Bonus for Each Minute Under Limit" (PDF). The New York Times. May 5, 1920.
4. "HOWARD LE C. ROOME, FORMER ATHLETE, DIES; Realty Firm's Head Is Stricken Suddenly--Once a Star Halfback at Yale". The New York Times. April 11, 1931.

• 1931 deaths
• All-American college football players
• Yale Bulldogs football players
• People from Westbury, New York
• Players of American football from Nassau County, New York