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Dixie Dean

English footballer (1907–1980)

Person · Open Library

Born: 1907-01-22
Died: 1980-03-01
Works: 1

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Plastics in Pharmaceutical Packaging

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Country: US
Active from: 1917-06-07
Active to: 1995-12-25

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 7
Total plays: 56

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,235x
MapReduce
· 2008 · cited 11,322x
Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,771x
The Determination of Enzyme Dissociation Constants
· 1934 · cited 10,164x
Efficacy and Safety of the mRNA-1273 SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine
· 2021 · cited 9,748x

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Key facts

1939: Sligo Rovers
1940: Hurst
Full name: William Ralph Dean
Date of birth: ( 1907-01-22 ) 22 January 1907
Place of birth: Birkenhead , England
Date of death: 1 March 1980 (1980-03-01) (aged 73)
Place of death: Goodison Park , Liverpool , England
Height: 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position: Centre forward
Years: Team
1923 1925: Tranmere Rovers
1925 1937: Everton
1938 1939: Notts County

Key dates

Born: 22 January 1907
Died: 1 March 1980

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Ralph
Family name: Dean
Gender: male
Citizenship: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Place of birth: Birkenhead
Place of death: Liverpool
Occupation: association football player
Languages spoken: English language
Award: English Football Hall of Fame

Article

William Ralph "Dixie" Dean (22 January 1907 – 1 March 1980) was an English footballer who played as a centre forward. Dean holds the record for the most goals scored in a single season in top-flight English football, with 60. He is regarded as one of the greatest centre forwards of his time and was inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame in 2002.

Born in Birkenhead, he began his career at his hometown club Tranmere Rovers, before moving on to Everton, the club he had supported as a child. A prolific goalscorer, he was particularly known for having a penchant for scoring goals with his head, courtesy of his elevation and athleticism, as well as his powerful and accurate heading ability, which has led pundits to describe him as one of the greatest aerial specialists of all time. Dean played the majority of his career at Everton, before injuries caught up with him and he moved on to new challenges at Notts County, and eventually Sligo Rovers.