DIXIE DEAN: GOAL MACHINE

KEVIN HALLS looks back at the incredible career of an Everton hot-shot

KEVIN HALLS
ROMELU Lukaku is on fire this season for Everton, banging in goals and terrorising defenders in the Premier League.
He is becoming a hero on the blue half of Merseyside. But as good as he is, he will have to go some to match the goalscoring exploits of William Ralph Dean, better known as Dixie Dean.
Dean scored an amazing 60 goals for Everton in a season and has a statue in his honour outside Goodison Park.
Born in Birkenhead in 1907, William Ralph Dean was nicknamed Dixie because of his swart...

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