Dixie Deans

John Kelly "Dixie" Deans (30 Yuli 1946 - 9 Disamba 2025) ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ne na Scotland wanda ya taka leda a matsayin ɗan gaba a cikin 1960s da 1970s, da farko don Motherwell da Celtic. Deans sun taka leda a wasanni biyu na kasa da kasa don Scotland, duka a cikin 1974. Babban mai zura kwallaye, Deans ana yiwa lakabi da "Dixie" don girmama Everton da dan wasan tsakiya na Ingila Dixie Dean."Wiggy's On The Wing". Ayr Advertiser. 8 September 1988. Retrieved 11 December 2025
Farkon rayuwa
An haifi John Kelly Deans a ranar 30 ga Yuli 1946 a Asibitin Thorn,Deans, Dixie; McNab, Ken (2011). "1". There's Only One Dixie Deans: The Autobiography. Birlinn. ISBN 9780857900838. Retrieved 11 December 2025. wanda ke wajen Paisley a Johnstone, Scotland.Jolly, Lynn (3 October 2011). "PARKER'S WAY: Memories of Thornhill House". Daily Record. Retrieved 11 December 2025Mahaifinsa, John, ya yi aiki a matsayin ma'aikaci a masana'antar takarda. Ya mutu lokacin da Deans ke da shekaru 4 kacal. Mahaifiyarsa, Kathleen, ta yi ayyuka marasa kyau don tallafa masa da ƴan uwansa guda uku.
Aikin kulob
Deans ya fara aikinsa tare da Neilston Juniors, kuma bayan gwaji tare da Albion RoversMcGinlay, Ryan (9 December 2025). "Celtic legend John 'Dixie' Deans passes away aged 79". The Herald. Retrieved 9 December 2025 ya shiga Motherwell a 1965 kuma ya shafe yanayi shida tare da gefen Fir Park.Lamming, Douglas (1987). A Scottish Soccer Internationalists Who's Who, 1872–1986 (Hardback). Hutton Press. ISBN 0-907033-47-4. ().Ya rattaba hannu kan Celtic a yarjejeniyar £17,500 akan 31 Oktoba 1971.
Ya buga wa Celtic wasa har zuwa 1976, inda ya zira kwallaye 125 a wasanni 186Celtic player Dean's, Dixie, FitbaStatsda kafa rikodin zira kwallaye da yawa. Kwallaye shida da ya zura a cin kashi na Partick Thistle a kakar 1973–74 rikodin ne bayan yaƙi na wasa ɗaya; Golan Thistle shi ne golan Scotland Alan Rough."Celtic legend Deans dies aged 79". BBC Sport. 9 December 2025. Retrieved 9 December 2025."The elite players who scored cup final hat-tricks". The Scotsman. 31 October 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
A cikin 1976, an canza Deans zuwa Luton Town a cikin yarjejeniyar £ 20,000. Ya shafe wata guda a matsayin aro ga Carlisle United a cikin 1977 kuma ya taka leda a takaice tare da Shelbourne na League of Ireland (wasanni biyar na gasar, ba a raga) kafin ya koma Ostiraliya don buga wa Adelaide City wasa.Ya rattaba hannu kan kwangilar $25,000 kuma shine babban dan wasan da ya zira kwallaye 16 a farkon kakar 1977 National Soccer League kakar.Moore, Glenn (9 December 2025). "Former Adelaide City goalscoring ace dies aged 79". www.canberratimes.com.au. Retrieved 9 December 2025. Tare da kulob din ya kuma lashe Kofin NSL na 1979, inda ya doke St. George a wasan karshe da ci 3–2. Ya koma Scotland tare da Partick Thistle a cikin 1980, amma ya taka leda a wasannin sada zumunta kafin kakar wasa kafin ya yi ritaya.

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