Post Retirement
Bird went on to write his autobiography simply titled My Autobiography (with a foreword by Michael Parkinson), which sold more than a million copies. A sequel titled "White Cap And Balls - Adventures of a Much Travelled Umpire was published in 1999 by Hodder and Stoughton. Bird set up the Dickie Bird Foundation to help disadvantaged under 18s achieve their potential in sport.
Bird appeared in one episode of Trigger Happy TV. In 2010 he took part in BBC's The Young Ones, in which six celebrities in their seventies and eighties, attempted to overcome some of the problems of ageing, by harking back to the 1970s.
Bird was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1986 and Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2012 New Year Honours for services to cricket and charity. Bird has also received honorary doctorates from Huddersfield, Leeds and Sheffield Hallam Universities. Bird has been given the Freedom of Barnsley. Bird is also a Patron of the Barnsley Multiple Sclerosis Society.
A six foot statue of bachelor Dickie has been erected in Barnsley in his honour near the place of his birth and was unveiled on 30 June 2009.
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