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Glenn Dickey
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16 Feb 1936
† 12 Dec 2025
Virginia, Minnesota, United States
Biography
Glenn Ernest Dickey Jr. dominated Bay Area sports journalism for over four decades with his fearless, unvarnished commentary that made him the region's most controversial and widely-read columnist. Born February 16, 1936 in Virginia, Minnesota, Dickey migrated to California with his parents—father Glenn Sr., a U.S. Forest Service employee, and mother Madlyn Emmert, a schoolteacher—when he was ten years old. After graduating from Sonora High School in 1954 where he wrote sports for the school pa...
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Glenn Ernest Dickey Jr., Glenn E. Dickey Jr., Glenn E. Dickey
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