So how good was Dean? It is difficult to compare across eras, however it is easier to compare Dean with his peers. Looking at the three years before and three years after Dean's record-breaking season, the First Division's leading scorer averaged 40 goals. Dean smashed that by 50%. The closest anyone has come to challenging Dean is Tom Waring's 49 for Aston Villa in 1930-31, but even he only reached 81% of Dean's total.
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