Dion wrote a book, “Confessions of the World’s Greatest Gate Crasher,” and he was
There are people content to spend their lives behind the ropes. Dion Rich spent a great amount of his long life finding a way around them.I’ve been riding on a strong, defiant camel for many years on this crazy newspaper caravan, along the way meeting some great characters.
But it was getting into high places in which he hardly was invited that made him, well … I guess you might call Dion an underground celebrity. He loved attention, getting his picture taken with the rich and famous to document the crash, his name in the paper, his face on the news, his voice speaking of his exploits in front of civic groups.Dion was the NFL’s Public Enemy No. 1, and those who ran the Oscars ceremonies didn’t rest until they ran him off the red carpet.
After a try at commercial fishing, the Grossmont High alum ran the Bar of Music in the College area, and it was there the roots were formed to his crashing career. He was on the podium with Pete Rozelle and Vince Lombardi after Super Bowl I, again with Al Davis and Rozelle. He made the covers of “Sports Illustrated” carrying Super Bowl-winning coaches Chuck Noll and Tom Landry off the field.
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