Sad News -- Dan Dischley

The-Cardfather · #1 10-01-2019, 09:46 PM

Wow. Very sad news.

When I was approximately 16 years-old, I met Dan at a card show he was sponsoring at Shea Stadium around 1978. Up to that point we had been corresponding for about 2 years via snail mail.

He introduced me to artist Bob Loughlin (who drew the cartoons for the Fleer baseball cards in the early 1970s) at that show and had him autograph several of his cards for me.

Dan always gave me a lot of grief (in a fun way) for being a loyal Mets fan, despite them having a pretty lousy team back then.

When I told him that I was thinking of becoming a police officer when I was older, he did his best to talk me out of it. (If I remember correctly, I believe that he was a retired NYPD police officer.)

R.I.P. Dan.

toppcat · #2 10-04-2019, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by The Cardfather

Wow. Very sad news.

When I was approximately 16 years-old, I met Dan at a card show he was sponsoring at Shea Stadium around 1978. Up to that point we had been corresponding for about 2 years via snail mail.

He introduced me to artist Bob Loughlin (who drew the cartoons for the Fleer baseball cards in the early 1970s) at that show and had him autograph several of his cards for me.

Dan always gave me a lot of grief (in a fun way) for being a loyal Mets fan, despite them having a pretty lousy team back then.

When I told him that I was thinking of becoming a police officer when I was older, he did his best to talk me out of it. (If I remember correctly, I believe that he was a retired NYPD police officer.)

R.I.P. Dan.

Dan printed a special issue for the Shea Stadium show:

bbsports · #3 10-04-2019, 10:56 AM

I'm sorry to hear about that Dan passed away. He was a true pioneer in this hobby and encouraged me as a card collector in the early 70's. I bought my first T206 card from The Traders' Speaks, a Ty Cobb red portrait in near mint condition for $5.00 from Fred Copp of Detroit Michigan.

jpomrenke · #4 10-04-2019, 03:03 PM

I had the pleasure of talking baseball with Dan on several occasions in recent years and always seemed to learn something new from our conversations, especially about his beloved Cincinnati Reds.

Here is our tribute to him on the SABR website that was published today:

https://sabr.org/latest/memoriam-dan-dischley

Rich Klein · #5 10-04-2019, 04:10 PM

I'd been searching for an obit but found this:

Leon · #6 10-08-2019, 06:35 PM

Thanks Rich. Not sure I had seen a pic of him...

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Originally Posted by Rich Klein

I'd been searching for an obit but found this:

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