Richard A. Houden ’43

It took Richard A. Houden ’43 three years and three sports to make the Hall of Fame at Cornell, but it only took one semester and one sport for him to make the hall at the University of Wisconsin. The dual membership makes Houden, who lives in Madison, Wis., one of a very few athletes in two collegiate halls of fame. He played football and basketball and ran track while at Cornell, but left to fight in World War II. After the war he transferred to Wisconsin, where he played football and ran track, the sport which won him his entry into the university’s hall of fame. He tied the American indoor record in 70-yard dash and the Olympic and National junior record of 10.4 seconds in 100-meter dash in 1947, as well as being named a two-time All-American in his only season at Wisconsin.