Memorable story: O'Connor on Phil Dietrich

There is no regular schedule. On occasion, however, you will find a memorable story, either from the past or present, reprinted on the BJ Retirees website.

It’s time again. This time the memorable column is by Bill O’Connor. It was published in the Beacon Journal on April 3, 1997 and was one of a series of columns called “O’Connor’s Side Streets.”

The column was about Phil Detrich, a legendary Beacon Journal sports writer, who was then 90 years old. As O’Connor explains, Dietrich was not so much a writer of any particular sport, but rather a chronicler of people and how well they played the game.

Dietrich died eight years later at the age of 98. His obituary by Tom Gaffney was posted on this blog on September 7, 2005.

Click on the headline to read O’Connor’s memorable story.

See the Dietrich obit by Gaffney.