Richard F. Hill (born October 10, 1934) is a former

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 ...

lineman. He played professional football for the

Montreal Alouettes The Montreal Alouettes (Canadian French, French: Les Alouettes de Montréal) are a professional Canadian football team based in Montreal, Quebec. Founded in 1946, the team has folded and been revived twice. The Alouettes compete in the Canadian F ...

of the

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(CFL). He also played college football for the

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

from 1954 to 1956 and was selected as the most valuable player on the

1956 Michigan Wolverines football team The 1956 Michigan Wolverines football team was an American football team that represented the University of Michigan in the 1956 Big Ten Conference football season. In their ninth year under head coach was Bennie Oosterbaan, the Wolverines compi ...

. Hill grew up in

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, and enrolled at the

in 1953. He played on the all-freshman team in 1953 and was a backup player for the 1954 team. As a junior, Hill started all nine games at left guard for the

1955 Michigan Wolverines football team The 1955 Michigan Wolverines football team was an American football team that represented the University of Michigan in the 1955 Big Ten Conference football season. In their eighth season under head coach Bennie Oosterbaan, the Wolverines finish ...

. The team finished the season with a 72 record and was ranked No. 12 and No. 13 in the final AP and UPI polls. As a senior, Hill again started all nine games at left guard for the 1956 Michigan team, and he was selected as that team's most valuable player. The team compiled a 7–2 record and finished with a No. 7 ranking in both the AP and UPI polls. After the season was over, Hill was selected to play for the North team in the annual

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at the

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. In June 1957, Hill signed a contract to play for the

in the

. He played with the Alouettes during the part of the 1957 season. Hill was cut by the Alouettes in September 1956, as he was preparing to enter the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hill, Dick 1934 births Living people American football guards American players of Canadian football Montreal Alouettes players Michigan Wolverines football players Players of American football from Gary, Indiana