oh to even have a scrum half with half his ability at the moment. we were actually blessed with 2 great scrum halves at the time - kevin harkin as well. RIP TD. How old was he? seem to remember him being well into his 30s at the time of the 82 final

RIP mr dean pretty shocked at the news i was only talking to a lad who is a friend of his son and is struggling as well.

Kept us in the First Division with Keith Hepworth after Caey jumped ship.If only Terry Reagan has passed the ball to Gary Pearce in the semi they'd have led the team out at Wembley too.

Great player for us - a "cheeky" scrum half. of the type sadly lacking in todays' sanitised game.
His performance in the 1982 replay should be recognised as a great halfback display.
RIP mate - a great "cheeky" scrum half !

it used to be great watching him and andy gregory facing off in some of those huge encounters, their speed of thought was vital to unlock defences which only had to go back 5m, as well as having to deal with contested scrums and the constant 'battles' with the referees to get away with feeding - we'll never see their likes again

Sue,my thoughts are with you.Tony was a wonderful man as well as a bloody good rugby player.Take care.xxx.

Shocked & saddened at this news. Lovely bloke. great character, & a cracking player,
never ever gave anything less than 100%.
Deepest condolences to his family at this sad time
R.I.P Tony

Thoughts are with his family & friends, R.I.P.

T'was agreat night rammed in the kop end at Elland Road.
Gone but not forgotten.

Was talking to one of his friends last night, he was 65/66.

RIP Tony

Another great character taken from our game, him and Toppo up there in heaven and still better halves than we have!

RIP Tony, you've battled for so long

RIP Tony

RIP Tony, great memories of your skill and "antics".
Oh for a Deano now.

RIP Tony. Thoughts with his family.

RIP Tony, great player, great bloke, thoughts with his family.

another FC icon leaves us.

R I P tony him and harkin great pair of srcum halfs for us, as others have said oh for a player like that now

A player who deserves the accolade "icon".

one of few, I'd agree

you and I have our differences in opinion, and that is healthy, but Tony was and will forever be a true legend of the club.

Sad day, Tony was a great player and a great bloke.

Brilliant drop goal specialist and with Harkin formed a pair of scrum halves for every occasion, Harkin the grafter and Deano the flare was always there.

RIP Tony. Massive character and a laugh a minute.

Very sad.

RIP Tony had loads of enjoyment watching you play.

Very sad news. I had the pleasure of the odd drink with Tony during the early 80's. Top bloke

They never did "battle it our for the seven shirt" though.

It was back in the "squadding days", when getting chosen in the squad but not selected in the 1st 15 meant that you played 'A' team. So, with 'A' team money plus half 1st team money, you could actually be earning close to 1st team money anyway and if you were selected as sub, you'd be on more than the 1st team. Dean & Harkin were quite happy to be rotated by Bunting, who usually selected the number 7 whom he thought best suited to play against the specific opposition.

Bunting, a thinking coach, long time ago cod'ead.

Not forgetting he coached Trinity for a while back in the 80s. Very popular bloke and saddened to hear of his passing away, from Wakey....RIP Tony. www.wakefieldwildcats.co.uk/news ... p/2014/07/

Not forgetting he coached Trinity for a while back in the 80s. Very popular bloke and saddened to hear of his passing away, from Wakey....RIP Tony. www.wakefieldwildcats.co.uk/news ... p/2014/07/