Tom Dickau has been a coach, an umpire, referee, sportswriter, and a mentor to and benefactor of Bristol athletics over a long career of service to the community. He started his sports career as a manager in basketball, baseball, and soccer at Bristol Eastern. He served as sports publicist and statistician for the Forestville Little League, Bristol Midget Football, the Thomas M. Monahan League, and the Bristol American Legion Baseball program through the 1960’s. He started the athletics program at St. Matthew School where he coached baseball, basketball, and swimming and was responsible for the conversion of the school chapel into a basketball court. He went on to coach JV basketball and JV and Varsity baseball at St. Paul for more than 15 years. He helped to coach two state championship teams in both basketball and baseball. He turned to officiating and served as an umpire for a number of state, regional, and national tournaments, as well as, refereeing and umpiring at the collegiate level. He umpired the New England American Legion Regional Tournament, as well as the Mickey Mantle and Stan Musial National Tournaments. He served as President of the Central Connecticut Board of Approved Umpires for several years. He directed the baseball leagues for the Bristol Parks and Recreation for many years.  Throughout his life, he was involved in several different positions within the education field and served as president of the Greater Hartford Education Association. In his current role as City Historian, he has created a series of Bristol historic videos including the history of Muzzy Field.

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