Yes a Dickie Bird

Harold Dennis "Dickie" Bird, OBE (born 19 April 1933,[1] Barnsley, Yorkshire, England), is a retired English international cricket umpire. The son of a miner, he gained the nickname 'Dickie' at school. He resides in the South Yorkshire village of Staincross. In 1944 Bird failed his Eleven-plus exam and went to Raley Secondary Modern, leaving in 1948 at the age of 15. For a while, he worked at a coal mine on the surface, but gave it up, deciding it was not for him. Instead, he set out for a career in sport.

When a knee injury put paid to playing football professionallyFor Barnsley FC, he followed his second love, cricket. In his early career in Barnsley, he played club cricket in the same team as Geoff Boycott, and journalist and chat show host Michael Parkinson, who became a lifelong friend. In 1956, Bird signed up with his home county, Yorkshire.[1] Boycott has spoken highly of Bird's ability as a batsman, but feels that his attempt to forge a career as a county cricketer were hampered by his inability to control his nerves.[2] Between 1956 and 1964, Bird played first-class cricket as a batsman for Yorkshire[1] and Leicestershire in the English County Championship. After his county career, he coached and played league cricket before becoming an umpire