Answer the following question: John Kelly Deans (born 30 July 1946) commonly known as Dixie Deans was a Scottish footballer. He played centre-forward for Celtic in the 1970s under the management of Jock Stein and was a prolific goal-scorer. He was nicknamed Dixie in honour of the great English & Everton F.C. centre-forward Dixie Dean.Deans joined Motherwell from Neilston Juniors in 1965 and spent six seasons with the Fir Park side. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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Athlete