Coach’s secret porn collection comes as surprise
Dick Dickinson seemed like your typical youth football coach.
On and off for three decades, he taught teams of Orland Park Pioneers how to block, tackle and pass. And the Orland Park man was always there to cheer on his varsity players.
Dickinson became such a fixture in the youth league that the Pioneers decided to honor his dedication by holding an annual golf outing in his name.
Little did anyone know that the father of three now-grown children, who lived in the 14700 block of South Park Lane, had a secret penchant for young boys and violent child pornography.
“We were completely sidetracked,” Pioneer board member Dan McMillan said of learning the news last year that Dickinson was arrested for possession of child pornography. Federal agents revealed the varsity coach’s secret after closing in on him at his home – which is located just across the street from Doogan Park – in a child pornography sting.
