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On 31 December 1936, Theo Kelly, the secretary-manager of Everton, signed Tommy Lawton from Burnley as a potential replacement for Dean. Kelly viewed Dean as a possible rival to his ambition to become Everton's first manager. Three games into the 1937/38 season Kelly dropped him from the first team to the reserves. In March 1938 the unthinkable happened and Dean was sold to Notts County.
Central League Medal awarded to Dean in 1937/38