Richard Allan Meyer (November 9, 1916 – December 10, 1990) was an American businessman, an executive with the Anheuser-Busch Companies (1937–1974) and the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (1953–1974).
He was president of Anheuser-Busch from 1971–1974 and a longtime senior manager for and aide to brewery owner August A. Busch Jr. Meyer was born in St.
They broke the franchise's "color line" when their first African-American player, first baseman Tom Alston, made his National League debut on April 13, 1954.
Busch and Meyer then hired veteran baseball executive Frank Lane, formerly with the Chicago White Sox, to assume the team's general manager duties on October 6, 1955.
For much of that time, he acted as the direct liaison between the Cardinals' general managers—Lane, Bing Devine, Bob Howsam and Stan Musial—and owner Busch.