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
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


- Match Result
- Caps
- Goals
- Capt
- Mins


- Playing Positions
- Caps
- Goals
- Capt
- Mins


- Centre Forward
- 16
- 18
- 0
- 1440
- 0
- 0
England Managers
- Manager
- Caps
- Goals
- Capt
- Mins


England Team Mates (Top 10)
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.