ENGLISH SOCCER IDOL.
I POLICE GUARD IRISH HOTEL. , j [from our athletic cor.respondent.] ; LONDON, Oct. 17. I'i.xic Dean, the famous Evcrtori centre- , forward, is the ''idol'' of English soccer J fans. On his own ground when Dean turns out the scene is astounding. What - . ever Ijo may or may not do in a match lie is applauded, for the king can du no wrong, and even if lie shoots over the 1 liar the applause thunders forth like >a wild sea. And when he scores the roar never seems to end as long the game I a si s.
(Mi co:i 1 over to Ireland for the match against tlie Irish League Dean was imprisoned in his hotel, the police having to keep guard. Dean is undoubtedly the greatest centre-forward England has produced since the days of Albert Shepherd and G. U. Smith. And the fart that he does not shine in a mulch is featured just as nueh in the papers as though lie had scored a dozen goals.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20115, 28 November 1928, Page 16
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