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American basketball player
Lew Roney
Roney from the 1943 Wyo
Personal information
Born(1922-07-07)July 7, 1922
Powell, Wyoming
DiedSeptember 28, 2004(2004-09-28) (aged 82)
Cheyenne, Wyoming
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Career information
High schoolPowell (Powell, Wyoming)
CollegeWyoming (1941–1943, 1946–1947)
PositionGuard
Career highlights and awards

Lewis A. Roney (July 7, 1922 – September 28, 2004) was an American college basketball player. He was a starting guard for the Wyoming Cowboys' 1943 National Championship team and later a teacher and coach.

Roney, a 6'3 guard who grew up on a dairy farm in Powell, Wyoming, played for the Cowboys from 1941 to 1943, then returned to the Cowboys for the 1946–47 season after a stint in the United States Navy during World War II. Roney served in the Pacific for his World War II tour of duty. During the Cowboys' championship year, coach Everett Shelton credited the insertion of the energetic Roney into the starting lineup as one of the keys to the team's success that year.

After the close of his collegiate career, Roney became a teacher and coach in Laramie, Wyoming. His son, Lew played basketball at Yale, where he earned a BS in engineering, and then earned a masters math at Wyoming, before moving to Cheyenne and becoming a coach and math instructor at Cheyenne Central High School. His father, Lew Roney was inducted into the University of Wyoming athletics hall of fame as a member of the 1943 national championship team in 1993.

References

  1. ^ "Lewis A. Roney". Powell Tribune. January 3, 1946. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
  2. "Shelton Elated Over Cowboys". kennysailorsjumpshot.com. 2011. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
  3. "2011-12 Wyoming Cowboys media guide" (PDF). University of Wyoming Athletics. 2011. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
Wyoming Cowboys basketball 1942–43 NCAA champions
Head coach
Everett Shelton
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