How much do you know about Dixie Dean? Test your knowledge by answering the 20 questions below!
| Q1. What is the name of the street Dixie Dean was born in? | |
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| Q2. What was Dean's nickname before people started calling him "Dixie"? | |
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| Q3. Dixie Dean left school at the age of 14 to work as an apprentice what? | |
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| Q4. Dixie Dean's first Everton goal was against which club? | |
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| Q5. Dixie Dean scored two hat-tricks for England: one against Luxembourg and the other against which team? | |
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| Q6. How many seasons did Dixie Dean become the First Division's top goalscorer? | |
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| Q7. Which Irish team did Dixie Dean play for in 1939? | |
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| Q8. How many times did Dixie Dean score at least 4 goals in a game for Everton? | |
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| Q9. To which player did Dixie Dean say: "Youngster, you've come here to take my place. Anything I can do to help you, I will."? | |
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| Q10. Between the 1926/27 season and the 1936/37 season, Dixie Dean failed to become Everton's top goalscorer only twice. Apart from Tommy White in Dean's injury-plagued 1933/34 season, who was the only player to overtake him? | |
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| Q11. Dixie Dean's record tally against one club as an Everton player was 20 against 3 different clubs. Which of these teams did he NOT score 20 goals against? | |
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| Q12. In December 1933, who did Everton try but fail to sign as a replacement for Dixie Dean while he fought his injury woes? | |
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| Q13. Who previously held the record for the most goals in an English league season before Dixie Dean? | |
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| Q14. Dixie Dean's pre-match beverage was a sherry mixed with two what? | |
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| Q15. On 29th August 1939, Dixie Dean scored his last ever competitive goal in a match between his club Hurst and which other club? | |
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| Q16. In 1940, Dixie Dean got into trouble with the law for what? | |
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| Q17. Which royal said: "Even I know who Dixie Dean is."? | |
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| Q18. In 1942, Dixie Dean was a guest player for which team, scoring 8 goals against an RAF XI? | |
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| Q19. After retiring from football, Dixie Dean ran a pub where? | |
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| Q20. Dixie Dean died on 1st March 1980 at Goodison Park watching his beloved Everton play against which team? | |
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