About Dick Hightower
Lived 1930 – 2007 (aged 77). Dick Hightower was an American american football player.
Richard Guy Hightower (August 3, 1930 – December 5, 2007) was an American football player. He played college football at the center position for the SMU Mustangs from 1949 to 1951. He was a consensus first-team selection on the 1951 College Football All-America Team. He also received All-Southwest Conference honors in both 1950 and 1951. but he did not appear in any regular season games in the National Football League (NFL). He was inducted into the Southern Methodist University Hall of Fame in 1982.
Hightower died in 2007 at Ozona, Texas, while on a hunting trip with friends.
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Who was Dick Hightower?
American football player (1930-2007)
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Dick Hightower was born on 3 August 1930.
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Dick Hightower died on 5 December 2007 in Ozona.
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Dick Hightower was an american football player.
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Dick Hightower was American.
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