University of Minnesota Athletics
Dick Mueller - M Club Hall of Fame
Dick Mueller
Wrestling, 1952-53, 1957-58
HOF Class of 1995
Dick Mueller came to Minnesota a three-time state champion from Anoka High School. As a Gopher 123-pounder in 1953, he had a dream season, winning a Big Ten title and an NCAA individual championship.
He left school for four years to fulfill his military obligation. Returning to the U of M in 1957, he picked up where he left off, claiming back-to-back Big Ten titles that year and the next.
Mueller, who became a coach, was inducted into the Minnesota Wrestling Hall of Fame in 1990.