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Dean Mountain

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Dean Mountain
Personal information
Full nameDean Mountain
Playing information
PositionProp, Second-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1983–88 Castleford 17+32 4 0 0 16
1989–90 Ryedale-York 5 0 0 0 0
1989–91 Huddersfield 8+4 0 0 0 0
Total 66 4 0 0 16
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1987 Great Britain U21 1
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Dean Mountain is a police officer, and a professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played at club level for Stanley Rangers ARLFC, Pointer Panthers (now named Castleford Panthers[1]), Castleford, Ryedale-York and Huddersfield, as a prop, or second-row,[1] his rugby league career was ended by damage to his cruciate ligaments, sustained during a tackle in an A-Team evening game in January 1991, following a recovery from a broken bone in his thumb.[2]

Mountain also represented Great Britain under-21s against France in 1987.[3]

Genealogical information

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Mountain is the older brother of the rugby league footballer for Huddersfield and York; Gary Mountain.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Dean Mountain Benefit Booklet" (PDF). huddersfieldrlheritage.co.uk. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  3. ^ Fletcher, Raymond (1997). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1997. Headline Book Publishing. p. 358. ISBN 978-0-7472-7764-4.
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