William Ralph Dean (January 22, 1907 - March 1, 1980), popularly known as Dixie Dean, was an English football player and the most prolific goal-scorer in English football history, best known for his legendary exploits at Everton. Wikipedia
Millennium Giant -1920-1929 Arguably the greatest goalscorer ever to grace the English game, undeniably the greatest Everton player of all-time, William Ralph Dean's name was the first installed in the Millennium Giants roster. www.evertonfc.com/history/dixie-dean.html
Dean was paid £4 5shillings a week the normal pay for a third division professional player. But still allot of money compared to normal workers pay of the day. Dixie could play with two feet and had a remarkable heading ability rarely matched to this da www.bluekipper.com/dixie/legend.htm
The definitive Wikipedia entry for Dixie Dean. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixie_Dean
