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William Ralph (Dixie) Dean



Played in the English clubs′ Tranmer, Everton, Notts County, Irish club Sligo Rovers. " In the years 1927-1932 spent 16 games for the national team of England.

Among the great multitude of the most diverse achievements, carefully documenting thorough football statistics, there is a unique record set has more than seventy years ago, more precisely, in 1928. Most likely, he would not have ever beaten. And even repeat it, nobody can.

In fact, even today it is impossible to imagine that in the Championship any country someone forwards scored 60 goals for the season, and that this amounted to more than half of all heads of his team (in this case, the entire team scored 102 goals). The name of an absolute record - William Ralph Dean. Or - Dixy Dean, the name of his fellow Liverpool "Everton".

Dixy, in the submission of friends, this is a typical name of the Negro-slave, which worked on the plantations of the American South before the Civil War years 1861-1865. And Dina was black fleecy hair, almost like a Negro. Of course, the nickname was playful. Perhaps, it contained a latent recognition that William Ralph Dean, and in fact works for the whole team, as the Negro. Anyway, he made an invaluable contribution to the fact that in 1928, "Everton" won the championship of England, with only the third time in its history.

Bill Dean was sverhudachnym acquisition President "Everton" William Caffa made in 1925.

Photo: William Ralph (Dixie) Dean
Photo: "William Ralph (Dixie) Dean"
18-year-old attacker, he prismotrel in "Tranmer Rovers. In the first season in the championship games and the Cup in England, Dean scored for his new club 33 goals. But in June 1926 with the terrible misfortune has happened - Dean crashed his motorcycle. Severely damaged head, longer days devyatnadtsatiletny striker spent in a coma. The doctors seriously feared for his life. To their surprise, he began to recover very quickly.

In October the same year he again went to the football field. And soon again became too much stuff.

It is regrettable that on the game Dixy Dina now we can judge only on recollections of eyewitnesses. Nevertheless, they provide an idea of how he acted on the field. First of all, he was a brave player - feel free to engage in single combat. Well played the head, often winning aerial duels with the defenders. He was well supplied with shot in both legs. Finally, "Everton" was played very attack Bill Dean worked perfectly Alec Troup and Ted Kritchli.

The game in that time was still fairly simple, time tactical coaching experiments have not yet arrived, five of the attackers simply located in one line. But in 1925 the Legislative Council of the International FIFA adopted an important decision to amend rule provisions out of the game. Now the player is not considered offside if between him and the gates were no longer three, as before, but only two players opponent.

This is not so much at first glance, the adjustment caused a great change in the nature of the game, making it more aggressive, dynamic and spectacular.

Photo: William Ralph (Dixie) Dean
Photo: "William Ralph (Dixie) Dean"
Football just started to slaughter more animals: during the season prior to the innovation, the English Football League was scored 4700 goals, and next, when it followed the new offside rule, there are 6373.

In short, by the end of 1920′s performance has increased the attackers - until the coaches did not find "antidote" in the form of the famous "double-CEs. Still, even against the background of a general increase in activity goleadorov, Dina record set in the 1927-1928 season′s impressive.

There have, however, say that the season before attacking "Middlesbrough" George Kemsell first achieved unprecedented results, clogging 59 heads. But "Middlesbrough" then played in the second division, where clubs were poslabee and hammer, respectively, the easier. A Dean забивал correctly in every match of the first division, confidently leading "Everton" to the champion title.

In the last two rounds, he scored 6 goals. Match the last tour with the London "Arsenal", held May 5, 1928, for "Everton" have nothing - no one could catch up with the club, secured the first place.

But on balance, Dina was so far only 57 balls. And while the first battalion is already a record, but fans′ Everton, Liverpool stadium overfilled "Gudison Park, expect that their pet will surpass the achievement Kemsella.

The match started with the fact that Arsenal scored a goal.

Photo: William Ralph (Dixie) Dean
Photo: "William Ralph (Dixie) Dean"
But then Dean equalizer from the filing of the angular. Now he has 58 goals. Soon the gates of "Arsenal" is designated penalty kick, beat him, of course, Dixy Dean. Now he has 59 slaughtered animals.

But the third, cherished goal had to wait almost until the very end of the match. Only eighty-second minute, Alex Troup gives the corner, and Dean powerful blow head job, at last, the ball into the net gate Arsenal. The total expense of the match 3:3, but on account Dina record in 60 balls.

Alas, even with a so superbombardirom, next season "Everton" played an unusually unstable. He then decline, and in 1930 the club even flew into the second league. But it immediately became the champion and returned to the first league to go to become a champion here.

All this time Dean Dixy regularly and many забивал. And not only in the "Everton", but also in the England team. Over 16 matches scoring 18 goals! Yes, and his other achievements are impressive. A total of his career he made 37 Hat-tricks in eight games to 4 goals scored in three of 5.

Nevertheless, after the success of the season 1931-1932 years, "Everton" experienced a new decline - until the 1938-1939 season, when once again to celebrate. But by this time Dixy Dina club was not.

Photo: William Ralph (Dixie) Dean
Photo: "William Ralph (Dixie) Dean"
When it exceeds 30, to play as before, he could no longer due to frequent injuries, and after the 1937-1938 season′s gone in less famous club Notts County. " It spent only a year, and completed his career at Irish club Sligo Rovers. "

But, returning to Liverpool, Dixy before the end of life has remained true to the soul "Everton", which was his best football now. And in the literal sense of the word until the end of life: in March 1980, William Ralph Dean died of a heart attack in bed for the guests of honor Liverpool stadium "Gudison Park. It happened that during the meeting of perennial rivals - Everton and Liverpool. "

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