Ray Deans

Ray Deans
Personal information
Full name Raymond Alexander Deans[1]
Date of birth (1966-01-24) 24 January 1966 (age 58)
Place of birth Lanark, Scotland
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Chelsea
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983–1985 Clyde 53 (14)
1985–1986 Doncaster Rovers 19 (5)
Total 72 (19)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Raymond Alexander Deans (born 24 January 1966) is a Scottish retired footballer.

A former pupil of Stonelaw High School in Rutherglen,[2] Deans started his career as an apprentice with Chelsea before moving back to Scotland in 1983. He made his Clyde debut aged 17 under manager Craig Brown,[3] and went on to score 14 league goals for the club in two years, before transferring to Doncaster Rovers for a fee of £40,000. He only spent a season there, as injury forced him to retire in 1986, aged only 20.[4]

  1. ^ "Ray Deans". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Stonelaw High waves farewell to favourite teacher". Daily Record / Rutherglen Reformer. 5 October 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Hall of Fame - Craig Brown". Clyde F.C. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Ray Deans". Doncaster Rovers (unofficial archive site). Retrieved 18 March 2018.