Austin Facer remembering the life and career his father, Dirk, the legendary Utah sportswriter

Published: March 17, 2023, 9:50 p.m.

Dirk Kenneth Facer, a universally-loved son, brother, husband, father, grandfather, uncle, and friend, passed away from an accidental fall and complications related to kidney disease on Wednesday, March 15, 2023.Dirk was born on March 9, 1964, in St. George, Utah. In his youth, he and his family moved several times around the Western United States, including stops in Seattle and Ocean Shores, Washington, Las Vegas, Nevada, and West Yellowstone, Wyoming. He found his greatest supply of friendships and lasting relationships in Salt Lake City, Utah, and was delighted to return as a teenager after moving away in his elementary school years.After graduating from East High School in 1982 and returning from a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Canada Calgary Mission in 1985, Dirk worked as a member of the landscaping crew at the Salt Lake City Cemetery. A sports fanatic, Dirk was encouraged by friends to pursue sports writing at the University of Utah’s student newspaper, the Daily Utah Chronicle.The rest is history:

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