He retired in 2015, after more than 40 years as a sports reporter and editor in Brisbane.
[1] Dick was the rugby league editor for The Courier-Mail, and wrote the For Argument's Sake column during the football season.
Dick was the first full-time Australian football writer for The Courier-Mail in 1973.
During his career there, he was Melbourne bureau chief and held several editor positions.
[3] In 2017, Dick was inducted in the Suncorp Stadium Wall of Fame in Brisbane.