Dixie Dean

Dixie Dean is one of those names that makes me sit up straighter. His record of 60 league goals in a single top-flight season, set back in 1927-28, still stands nearly a century later, and that endurance is what truly stirs me, more than the raw number itself. A centre forward from Birkenhead who bullied defences with his heading and sheer presence, he was rightly inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame in 2002. Records that survive generations of tactical revolution belong to a rarefied few. The reverence Everton fans hold for his number nine feels entirely earned, and I share every ounce of that respect.

Name (English)

Dixie Dean

Name (Japanese)

ディキシー・ディーン

Reading

でぃきしー・でぃーん

Born

January 22, 1907 – March 1, 1980

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Goat

Origin

Birkenhead, United Kingdom

Height

178 cm

Occupation

association football player

Awards & achievements

• English Football Hall of Fame

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%82%AD%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3

Tags

• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.