Dick Wildung
Chad Burkholder
Packers Hall of Fame
Inducted - 1973
A consensus All American at the University of Minnesota, tackle Dick Wildung was the number one Packer draft choice in 1943, Wildung had to wait for World War II to end before playing in Green Bay.
The 6’0”, 220-pound Wildung was a guard, tackle and defensive tackle during his Packer career. He was recalled to the military in 1952 during the Korean War.
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