Dick Hightower

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Richard Guy Hightower (August 3, 1930 – December 5, 2007) was an American football center who played for the SMU Mustangs from 1949 to 1951. He was a consensus first-team All-American in 1951 and earned All-Southwest Conference honors in 1950 and 1951. Hightower was drafted by the Washington Redskins in the fourth round of the 1952 NFL draft (43rd overall) but did not play in any NFL regular-season games. He was inducted into the SMU Hall of Fame in 1982. He died in Ozona, Texas, on December 5, 2007, while on a hunting trip.