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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001181431-13-001797
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20130102
FILED AS OF DATE:		20130104
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20130104

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BYRD VINCENT C
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001251530

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-31463
		FILM NUMBER:		13513052

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			DICKS SPORTING GOODS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001089063
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RETAIL-MISCELLANEOUS SHOPPING GOODS STORES [5940]
		IRS NUMBER:				161241537
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0128

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		345 COURT STREET
		CITY:			CORAOPOLIS
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			15108
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7242733400

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		345 COURT STREET
		CITY:			CORAOPOLIS
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			15108
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        <issuerName>DICKS SPORTING GOODS INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>DKS</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>BYRD VINCENT C</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerZipCode>15108</rptOwnerZipCode>
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            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>No securities are beneficially owned</value>
            </securityTitle>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>0</value>
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        <signatureName>/s/ Vincent C. Byrd</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2013-01-04</signatureDate>
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

	KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENT, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Edward W. Stack, Joseph H. Schmidt and David I. Mosse, signing
singly in their capacity as officers of Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. (the "Company"), as the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent to execute for and on behalf of
the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of the
Company, Forms 3, 4, and 5 pursuant to and in accordance with Section 16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Act") and the rules thereunder; to do and perform
any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned that may be necessary or desirable
to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5 and file such form with the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority;
and to take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing
which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of,
or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed
by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney
shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact
may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

	The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary
or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as
fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally
present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in- fact's substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and
powers herein granted.

	The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in
such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company
assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Act.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned
is no longer required to file Form 3, 4, or 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of
and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the
undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.


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	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed in his individual capacity on the date indicated below.


January 4, 2013	/s/ Vincent C. Byrd

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