Played three years of baseball at RHS when the varsity team combined for a record of 46-4.  Also played one year of football.   As a senior in 1950, he was the starting shortstop and one of the leaders on a 15-1 team that won the East Penn League Championship and was named East Penn League MVP.  This team also won the first PIAA District III championship in school history.  Dick was a key member of the offense and committed only two errors that year.  He also played shortstop for the Gregg Post Legion team that lost in the eastern state final that summer.  He batted .354 for the City League championship Zeswitz team in 1951 batting .354.  He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1952 and played on a fast pitch softball team with the Army that won two army championships in Europe (1954-55) and batted .412.  Upon discharge, Dick enrolled at West Chester State Teachers College and started at shortstop for four years.  He was captain his senior year and batted .410.  He was a berks County football official for 16 years.  Dick coached baseball and basketball at Northwest Junior High school and is a retired Reading School District administrator.