Dean Rock

Dean Rock
Personal information
Sport Gaelic football
Position Left corner-forward
Born (1990-02-26) 26 February 1990 (age 34)
Ballymun, Dublin, Ireland
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Occupation Fundraising & communications manager
Club(s)
Years Club
2007–present
Ballymun Kickhams
Club titles
Dublin titles 2
Leinster titles 1
Colleges(s)
Years College
2011–2014
Dublin City University
College titles
Sigerson titles 1
Inter-county(ies)*
Years County Apps (scores)
2013-2023
Dublin 53 (11–253)[1]
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 12
All-Irelands 8
NFL 6
All Stars 3
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 22:43, 2 September 2021 (UTC).

Dean Rock (born 26 February 1990) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who was a senior member of the Dublin county team from 2013 to 2023.[2]

He has represented Dublin at all grades, Minor, Junior, U21 and Senior. He is a noted free taker and scored the winning point from a free in the 2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final. Colm O'Rourke has described Rock as "statistically the best free taker that has been to Croke Park".[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference how_rock_surpassed_brogan was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Breheny, Martin (1 August 2013). "Rock set to spearhead Dublin attack for Rebels date". Irish Independent. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
  3. ^ O'Rourke, Colm (22 September 2019). "General Gavin makes history with no histrionics, victory without vanity". Sunday Independent. Retrieved 22 September 2019.