Played for you guys back in the good old days .....


RIP Tony

Sad news , We knew he wasn't well . I Loved watching Tony Dean play . RIP.

Was the scrum half in the 82 replay....was a character and a bloody good player.

RIP TONY

RIP Tony. Loved those times when Dean and Harkin battled it out for the seven shirt.

Great bloke great player real fighter on and off the field what a loss RIP Tony Dean!

Just seen on Twitter; the sad passing of former Hull FC scrum half Tony Dean.

Good player will be missed.

R.I.P.

Proper old fashioned scrum half with a bit of cheek. Rest in peace Tony.

Such sad news. A real icon from the early 80s.

R.I.P lad

RIP Tony

Oh what I wouldn't give to have a player like Tony Dean in the squad now.

Sad news.
Always hated to see you play against us because I knew Rovers were in for a tough day.

RIP Tony.

Very sad news. lots of great memories. RIP Tony

God bless Casper !!!! ALWAYS gave 100% Ohh For players like him in the squad nowadays.
Thanks for the memories Tony you were a real FC Legend !!!!!

Sad loss,sympathys to friends and family.

Casper? Thats Tony Smith


Condolenses to Tony's family and friends

Great memories, Tony, thank you. Another sad loss to the world. Rest in peace.

RIP Tony, loved your sig so much as a 12-13 year old I adopted it for myself for a year or two.
Loved your style of play and down right cheekiness..top man by all accounts

Keep dropping them goals between the pearly gates Deany

Such a sad loss. I loved watching Deano and Kev Harkin play. Proper, cheeky, handful's they were.

Scrum halves are born, not created. RIP and God Bless.

Very sorry to hear that. i'm from Cas and partnered Tony at half back in our early days. Sad that i lost touch, such a great bloke and his success never went to his head. RIP Tony mate

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.