My grandad who lived just outside Chester told me a story that when the pub was quite
Dixie would take mainly Evertonians upstairs and show them all his trophy's
What a legend
Out of all the Dixie Dean autobiographies - this I feel is the best written - the author died part way writing the text , but people helping him had his transcripts to help the book to be concluded - a great read on the great man -
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 all 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.
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 all 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.
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One of my fave EFC-related pics as it humanizes a superhero.
Taifi gorm
Player Valuation: £15m
Great in the air, he was 5ft 10 inches tall - as a kid he used to on his own throw the ball on a steep slanting roof & continually head it back up anticipating where it would drop - it was stated he could head the ball harder than kick it - not true he had a great shot with either foot - His heading ability did not just score goals he laid many chances for other colleagues - he was a one-man team in many cases for us - if the team list went up outside the ground back then fans would not enter - they just wanted to see Dixie Dean ...
chrismpw
Player Valuation: £70m
It's great to hear this account from a first hand witness of the great man, Joey.
Bluebonic
Player Valuation: £35m
Weirdly enough, the finest tribute i ever saw for him came from Bill Shankley…
"Dixie was the greatest centre forward there will ever be. His record of goalscoring is the most amazing thing under the sun. He belongs in the company of the supremely great, like Beethoven, Shakespeare and Rembrandt.”
"Dixie was the greatest centre forward there will ever be. His record of goalscoring is the most amazing thing under the sun. He belongs in the company of the supremely great, like Beethoven, Shakespeare and Rembrandt.”
Timbucktoo
Player Valuation: £15m
Achieved in the days when there were no subs, played on pitches that would easily turn to heavily ploughed fields in bad weather, in an time when a foul was only for challenges that were a hairs breath from GBH. I doubt if any of the players we watch in the modern game would have survived a season playing in his era.
Iana
Player Valuation: £5m
It was also made at a lunch in town celebrating his career on the day he died.
He went to that afternoon’s Derby game(I think it was the Case tackle on Nulty one) and died at the match).
That’s a hell of a tribute to hear hours before you go to meet your maker.
Bluebonic
Player Valuation: £35m
I read somewhere that he and Dixie were good mates
Arsenal came inform him - he declined a true blue..
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
Yarrgh
Player Valuation: £70m
"All he ever did was score."
My granddad's appraisal. He also said he was the best centre forward he'd seen.
He took my dad into the Dublin Packet to see him when they were off to Wales. Apparently a real gentleman and always happy to meet a young blue.
If I had a time machine and could watch only one player in his pomp, it would be William Ralph Dean.
My granddad's appraisal. He also said he was the best centre forward he'd seen.
He took my dad into the Dublin Packet to see him when they were off to Wales. Apparently a real gentleman and always happy to meet a young blue.
If I had a time machine and could watch only one player in his pomp, it would be William Ralph Dean.
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