Dean Mountain is a police officer, and a professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played at club level for Stanley Rangers ARLFC, Pointer Panthers (now named Castleford Panthers[1]), Castleford, Ryedale-York and Huddersfield, as a prop, or second-row,[1] his rugby league career was ended by damage to his cruciate ligaments, sustained during a tackle in an A-Team evening game in January 1991, following a recovery from a broken bone in his thumb.[2]
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| Full name | Dean Mountain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Prop, Second-row | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mountain also represented Great Britain under-21s against France in 1987.[3]
Genealogical information
editMountain is the older brother of the rugby league footballer for Huddersfield and York; Gary Mountain.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ a b "Dean Mountain Benefit Booklet" (PDF). huddersfieldrlheritage.co.uk. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ^ Fletcher, Raymond (1997). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1997. Headline Book Publishing. p. 358. ISBN 978-0-7472-7764-4.
External links
edit- (archived by web.archive.org) Statistics at thecastlefordtigers.co.uk
- Stanley Rangers ARLFC - Roll of Honour
- Dean Mountain Benefit Booklet (PDF)