Dixie Dean - 16 Caps (18 Goals)

Full Name: William Ralph Dean
Born: 22nd January 1907, Birkenhead
Died: 1st March 1980, Goodison Park, Liverpool aged 73
England Career: 1927 - 1932
Positions whilst with England: Centre Forward
Clubs (and caps) whilst with England: Everton (16)
FA Legacy Number: 515
William Dean started his professional career at Tranmere Rovers where he socred 27 goals in just 30 appearances. He transferred to Everton in 1925. He set a record (still to be broken) of 60 goals in a season (1927-28) and won the league championship twice with Everton. His overall club goalscoring record is 390 goals in 447 appearances. He also managed 18 goals in his 16 England caps. Sadly, due to the FAs withdrawal from FIFA he never played any other games save friendlies and Home Championships.
He died at Goodison Park whilst watching a derby game against Liverpool.

England Career Statistics

Debut: v Wales (HC) on 12th February 1927 aged 20 years, 0 months, 21 day
Last Cap: v Ireland (HC) on 17th October 1932 aged 25 years, 8 months, 26 days
First Goal: v Wales (HC) on 12th February 1927 aged 20 years, 0 months, 21 day
Career Length: 5 years, 248 days
Starts: 16
Substitute: 0
Withdrawn: 0
Full Games: 16

England Match Statistics

Match Type
Caps
Goals
Capt
Mins

British Home ChampionshipHC
10
5
0
900
0
0

FriendlyFR
6
13
0
540
0
0

Competitive
10
5
0
900
0
0

Home, Away or Neutral
Caps
Goals
Capt
Mins

Away
11
16
0
990
0
0

Home
5
2
0
450
0
0

Match Result
Caps
Goals
Capt
Mins

Drawn
1
2
0
90
0
0

Won
10
16
0
900
0
0

Lost
5
0
0
450
0
0

Playing Positions
Caps
Goals
Capt
Mins

Centre Forward
16
18
0
1440
0
0

Total
16
18
0
1440
0
0

England Managers

Manager
Caps
Goals
Capt
Mins

England Committee
16
18
0
1440
0
0

England Team Mates (Top 10)

Willis Edwards
11 Matches

Roy Goodall
10 Matches

Joe Hulme
8 Matches

Ernie Blenkinsop
8 Matches

George Brown
7 Matches

Louis Page
7 Matches

Taffy Jones
6 Matches

Jack Brown
5 Matches

Arthur Rigby
5 Matches

Jack Hill
5 Matches

Sources

An English Football Internationals' Who's Who by Douglas Lamming (Hutton Press 1990)
England's Who's Who by Tony Matthews (Pitch Publishing 2013)
54 sources from 16 matchesSelect from match list to see sources.

Match List

IRE, 1 - 0, 17th Oct 1932 (HC) Everton, Cap: 16.
Age: 25 years, 8 months, 26 days.
ESP, 7 - 1, 9th Dec 1931 (FR) Everton, Cap: 15.
Age: 24 years, 10 months, 18 days.
SCO, 0 - 2, 28th Mar 1931 (HC) Everton, Cap: 14.
Age: 24 years, 2 months, 6 days.
SCO, 0 - 1, 13th Apr 1929 (HC) Everton, Cap: 13.
Age: 22 years, 2 months, 22 days.
WAL, 3 - 2, 17th Nov 1928 (HC) Everton, Cap: 12.
Age: 21 years, 9 months, 26 days.
IRE, 2 - 1, 22nd Oct 1928 (HC) Everton, Cap: 11.
Age: 21 years, 9 months, 0 days.
BEL, 3 - 1, 19th May 1928 (FR) Everton, Cap: 10.
Age: 21 years, 3 months, 28 days.
FRA, 5 - 1, 17th May 1928 (FR) Everton, Cap: 9.
Age: 21 years, 3 months, 26 days.
SCO, 1 - 5, 31st Mar 1928 (HC) Everton, Cap: 8.
Age: 21 years, 2 months, 9 days.
WAL, 1 - 2, 28th Nov 1927 (HC) Everton, Cap: 7.
Age: 20 years, 10 months, 6 days.
IRE, 0 - 2, 22nd Oct 1927 (HC) Everton, Cap: 6.
Age: 20 years, 9 months, 0 days.
FRA, 6 - 0, 26th May 1927 (FR) Everton, Cap: 5.
Age: 20 years, 4 months, 4 days.
LUX, 5 - 2, 21st May 1927 (FR) Everton, Cap: 4.
Age: 20 years, 3 months, 30 days.
BEL, 9 - 1, 11th May 1927 (FR) Everton, Cap: 3.
Age: 20 years, 3 months, 20 days.
SCO, 2 - 1, 2nd Apr 1927 (HC) Everton, Cap: 2.
Age: 20 years, 2 months, 11 day.
WAL, 3 - 3, 12th Feb 1927 (HC) Everton, Cap: 1.
Age: 20 years, 0 months, 21 day.
* Match was concluded via extra time, penalties or both.