Randy Dean
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Randolph "Randy" Hume Dean (born June 10, 1955) is a former American football quarterback who played for three seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Giants from 1977–1979. He played college football at Northwestern. He is also a former handball player for the American team who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Family
[edit]He has an identical twin brother named Robert Dean.
Basketball
[edit]He played basketball at Whitefish Bay High School.[1] During the 1973-74 season he played three games for Northwestern University.[2]
Football
[edit]In 1972, he was named 1st Team All-Star for the Whitefish Bay High School. He played from the season 1974 until 1976 for the Northwestern University. He was punter for all three seasons and starting quarterback for his junior and senior season.[1]
Professional career
[edit]New York Giants
[edit]In 1977 he was drafted by the New York Giants in round five as 117th overall draft.[3]
In his short stint as a Quarterback for the New York Giants he completed a 1-yard touchdown pass in 1978.[4]
Green Bay Packers
[edit]On August 4, 1980, the New York Giants traded him to the Green Bay Packers for a future draft pick.[5] Three weeks later, on August 26, 1980, the Packers cut him[6]
Handball
[edit]In 1975 he won the USA Team Handball Nationals with the Northwest Suburban YMCA.[7]
In 1976 he placed third at the USA Team Handball Nationals with the Northwest Suburban YMCA.[8]
In 1976, he and his brother were part of the American team which finished tenth in the Olympic tournament. He played all five matches and scored 24 goals.[1]
After retirement
[edit]Between 1997 and 2002, he was Director of Development at the University School of Milwaukee. From 2002 to 2007, he was the Athletic Director. Between 2005 and 2008, he coached the boys basketball team.
In 2008, he became the Executive Director of the Pettit National Ice Center in Milwaukee.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Whitefish Bay High School Athletic Hall of Fame" (PDF). Whitefish Bay High School. 2012. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 16, 2019. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
- ^ "1973-74 Northwestern Basketball Statistics" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on March 16, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
- ^ Shuck, Barry (November 17, 2018). "Where are your former Giants now? QB Randy Dean". Big Blue View. Archived from the original on March 17, 2019. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
- ^ "Randy Dean: Game Logs at NFL.com". NFL. Archived from the original on March 16, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
- ^ Transactions Archived 2015-11-17 at the Wayback Machine Boca Raton News, Retrieved October 5, 2014
- ^ New Quarterback Dean cut by Packers Archived 2015-11-17 at the Wayback Machine The Milwaukee Journal, Retrieved October 5, 2014
- ^ Fleming, Bill (September 4, 1975). "Handsball Team defends crown". Willamette Collegian. Vol. 87, no. 1. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
- ^ "Dean twins win berths in Olympics". Chicago Tribune. May 14, 1976. p. 51. Archived from the original on November 10, 2019. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
External links
[edit]- 1955 births
- Living people
- Players of American football from Milwaukee
- American football quarterbacks
- Northwestern Wildcats football players
- New York Giants players
- American male handball players
- Olympic handball players for the United States
- Handball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- American twins
- People from Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin
- Sportspeople from Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
- Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball players
- Whitefish Bay High School alumni