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BIOGRAPHY
William Ralph Dean
22nd January 1907- 1st March 1980
Turned Pro: 04/1924 *17yrs
Wore Number: 9
Record league goals in one season
60
Birthplace:
Birkenhead. UK
International :
16 England appearances
18 goals



Height: 5ft 10.5in
Weight: 12st 7lb
Played Centre Forward
Goals scored in First Division
310
Shoe size:
9
440
Overall goals scored

Overall appearances
497
STATISTICS
Average goals scored per game
0.88
League goals scored for Everton
349
Hat tricks scored overall
43
Hat tricks scored for Everton
37
INTERESTING INFO
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Dean's pre-match refreshment was a glass of sherry mixed with two raw eggs.
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At the end of his career Dixie ran The Dublin Packet pub in Chester. It's still there today.
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Dixie learned ballroom dancing and was also great at Tap.
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Everton were Dixie's boyhood heroes.
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He married Ethel Fossard, his one true love, in 1931.
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