Dixie Dean

**Dixie Dean** (born **William Ralph Dean**, 22 January 1907 – 1 March 1980) was an English football player. He played for Everton F.C. during the 1920s and 30s.

He scored more goals than any other player in English football history.

Dean was born in Birkenhead in Merseyside. He began his career at his hometown club Tranmere Rovers F.C. before moving on to Everton. He was particularly known for scoring goals with his head. Dean played most of his career at Everton. When injuries caught up with him, he moved on to Notts County.

Dean is best known for scoring 60 goals in the 1927–28 First Division season. He also scored 18 goals in 16 appearances for England.

A statue of Dean was unveiled outside Goodison Park in 2001. A year later, he became one of the first 22 players inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame. Dean was the first Everton player to wear the number 9 shirt, and is regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time.

## Honours and achievements

**Everton**
- Football League First Division: 1927–28, 1931–32
- Second Division Championship: 1930–31
- FA Charity Shield: 1928, 1932
- FA Cup: 1932–33

**Sligo Rovers**
- League of Ireland runners-up 1938–39
- FAI Cup runners-up: 1938–39

**England**
- British Home Championship: 1926–27 (shared), 1931–32 (shared)

**Individual**
- England Caps: 16
- England Goals: 18
- Football League Representative appearances: 6
- Football League Representative goals: 9
- _Sunday Pictorial_ Trophy (60 league goals in 1927–28)
- Lewis's Medal (Commemorate 200 league goals in 199 appearances)
- Hall of Fame Trophy (1971)
- Football Writers' Association inscribed silver salver (1976)
- English Football Hall of Fame (Inaugural inductee, 2002)
- Most goals in an English top-flight season: 60 (1927–28)
- Seasonwise World Top Scorer: 1927–28 (60 goals)

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|FA Cup|colspan="2"|Charity Shield|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|Tranmere Rovers|1923–24|Third Division|3|0|0|0|0|0|3|0|
|1924–25|Third Division|27|27|3|0|0|0|30|27|||
|rowspan="15"|Everton|1924–25|First Division|7|2|0|0|0|0|7|2|
|1925–26|First Division|38|32|2|1|0|0|40|33|||
|1926–27|First Division|27|21|4|3|0|0|31|24|||
|1927–28|First Division|39|60|2|3|0|0|41|63|||
|1928–29|First Division|29|26|1|0|1|2|31|28|||
|1929–30|First Division|25|23|2|2|0|0|27|25|||
|1930–31|Second Division|37|39|5|9|0|0|42|48|||
|1931–32|First Division|38|45|1|1|0|0|39|46|||
|1932–33|First Division|39|24|6|5|1|4|46|33|||
|1933–34|First Division|12|9|0|0|0|0|12|9|||
|1934–35|First Division|38|26|5|1|0|0|43|27|||
|1935–36|First Division|29|17|0|0|0|0|29|17|||
|1936–37|First Division|36|24|4|3|0|0|40|27|||
|1937–38|First Division|5|1|0|0|0|0|5|1|||
|rowspan="3"|Notts County|1937–38|Third Division|3|0|0|0|0|0|3|0|
|1938–39|Third Division|6|3|0|0|0|0|6|3|||
|rowspan="2"|Sligo Rovers|1938–39|League of Ireland|7|10|4|1|0|0|11|11|
|rowspan="2"|Hurst|1939–40|Cheshire County League|2|1|0|0|0|0|2|1|

### International goals

- _Scores and results list England's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Dean goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|scope="col" class="unsortable"||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|12 February 1927|Racecourse Ground, Wrexham, Wales||1–0|3–3|1926–27 Home Championship||||||||||
|2|3–3|||||||||||||||
|3|2 April 1927|Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland||1–1|2–1|||||||||||
|4|2–1|||||||||||||||
|5|11 May 1927|Molenbeek, Belgium||5–0|9–1|International Friendly||||||||||
|6|6–0|||||||||||||||
|7|9–0|||||||||||||||
|8|21 May 1927|Stade de la Frontière, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg||1–2|5–2|||||||||||
|9|3–2|||||||||||||||
|10|4–2|||||||||||||||
|11|26 May 1927|Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes, France||2–0|6–0|||||||||||
|12|5–0|||||||||||||||
|13|17 May 1928|Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes, France||3–1|5–1|||||||||||
|14|4–1|||||||||||||||
|15|19 May 1928|Olympisch Stadion, Antwerp, Belgium||1–1|3–1|||||||||||
|16|2–1|||||||||||||||
|17|22 October 1928|Goodison Park, Liverpool, England||2–1|2–1|1928–29 Home Championship||||||||||
|18||Arsenal Stadium, London, England||5–0|7–1|International Friendly||||||||||

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Dixie Dean
- **fullname**: William Ralph Dean
- **image**: DixieDean.jpg
- **image size**: 300px
- **caption**: Dixie Dean as a teenager in 1925
- **birth place**: Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK
- **death place**: Goodison Park, Liverpool, England, UK
- **position**: Forward (association football), Centre forward
- **years1**: 1923–1925
- **years2**: 1925–1937
- **years3**: 1938–1939
- **years4**: 1939
- **years5**: 1940
- **clubs1**: Tranmere Rovers F.C., Tranmere Rovers
- **clubs2**: Everton F.C., Everton
- **clubs3**: Notts County F.C., Notts County
- **clubs4**: Sligo Rovers F.C., Sligo Rovers
- **clubs5**: Ashton United F.C., Hurst
- **caps1**: 30
- **caps2**: 399
- **caps3**: 9
- **caps4**: 7
- **caps5**: 2
- **goals1**: 27
- **goals2**: 349
- **goals3**: 3
- **goals4**: 10
- **goals5**: 1
- **totalcaps**: 447
- **totalgoals**: 390
- **nationalyears1**: 1927–1932
- **nationalteam1**: England national football team, England
- **nationalcaps1**: 16
- **nationalgoals1**: 18