Television broadcaster/Announcer. He gained regional fame as the voice of Connecticut sports and became known nationally in the early 1980s as one the anchors of ESPN's "Sports Center" after the cable network first went on the air. He was a member of the first graduating class of Southington High School in 1951. After a stint in the U.S. Marines and service during the Korean War, he launched his career in broadcasting in 1955, hired by WLCR in Torrington as an all-purpose announcer. From there he moved on to WAVZ in New Haven as a newscaster where he remained until moving on to WICC in Bridgeport. From WICC it was on to WNHC in New Haven doing news and sports. His play-by-play career and specialized style of sports broadcasting including hard-hitting commentaries became the talk of the area. It was here he began regular live coverage of CIAC basketball tournament championship games and home and away coverage of Yale basketball. He moved from WNHC Radio into TV sports reporting at WNHC-TV New Haven (which later became WTNH). Here he began his long career as the play-by-play voice of Yale football, a position he would hold from 1963 until 1989 and again from 1997 until his death. He was the first to introduce a "High School Athlete of the Week," going unannounced to the schools and into classrooms for the interviews. He was sports director at WTNH from 1964 to 1981. Following his years at Channel 8, Dick took a job at ESPN, the then-new cable sports network, where he served as one of the anchors of "Sports Center." He was named Connecticut Sportscaster of the Year in 1966 and from 1969 to 1974. Additionally, he was honored with the Walter Camp Football Foundation All American Award in 1968 and the Connecticut High School Coaches Association Joseph J. Fontana Distinguished Service Award in 1977. In 2005 he became the first media personality to be inducted into the Connecticut High School Coaches Hall of Fame. He received numerous state and regional honors during his career. Seven times his peers voted him Connecticut Sportscaster of the Year and the Connecticut High School Coaches Association honored him with the Joseph J. Fontana Award for Distinguished Service, one of the organization's highest honors. He formed Galsports Marketing and assisted the CHSCA in major fund raising efforts and special events for several years. He was named the executive director of the National High School Athletic Coaches Association in 1999. He also published National Coach Magazine, devoted entirely to high school sports and distributed nationwide.