Jeff Dickerson

Sportscaster

Birthplace United States

DEATH DATE Dec 28, 2021

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About

Sportscaster for ESPN.com and ABC Channel 7 in Chicago. He began covering the Chicago Bears for ESPN 1000 radio in 2001. He also hosted Dickerson and Hood on ESPN radio and served as a television analyst for Loyola Marymount University men's basketball. He died at age 44 from complications from colon cancer. 

Before Fame

He graduated from Buffalo Grove High School and attended the University of Illinois

Trivia

He received a cancer diagnosis in early 2021. He raised money for cancer research. He also joined the board of the non-profit Vaughn McClure Foundation.

Family Life

His wife, Caitlin Dickerson, died two years before him. She had undergone treatment for melanoma. They had a son named Parker, who was 11 when his father died.

Associated With

Football star Robbie Gould said he had earned the respect of players.