Randy Dean
Randolph "Randy" Hume Dean (born June 10, 1955) is a former American football quarterback who played for three seasons in the National Football League for the New York Giants from 1977–1979. He played college football at Northwestern. He is also a former handball player for the American team who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics.
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Family
He has an identical twin brother named Robert Dean. They played all three sports at all levels together except that Robert didn't played football at a professional level.
Basketball
He played basketball at the Whitefish Bay High School.[1] At the season 1973-74 he played three games for the Northwestern University.[2]
Football
In 1972 he was named 1st Team All-Star for the Whitefish Bay High School. He played from the season 1974 until 1976 for the Northwestern University. He was punter for all three seasons and starting quarterback for his junior and senior season.[1]
New York Giants
1977 he was drafted by the New York Giants in round five as 117th overall draft.[3]
In his short stint as a Quarterback for the New York Giants he completed a 1-yard touchdown pass in 1979.[4]
Green Bay Packers
On August 4, 1980, the New York Giants traded him to the Green Bay Packers for a future draft pick.[5] Three weeks later, on August 26, 1980, the Packers cut him[6]
Handball
In 1975 he won the USA Team Handball Nationals with the Northwest Suburban YMCA.[7]
In 1976 he became third at the USA Team Handball Nationals with the Northwest Suburban YMCA.[8]
In 1976, he and his brother were part of the American team which finished tenth in the Olympic tournament. He played all five matches and scored 24 goals.[1]
After retirement
Between 1997 and 2002 he was director of development at the University School of Milwaukee. In 2002 he became Athletic Director until 2007. During 2005 until 2008 he coached the boys basketball team.
2008 he became the Executive Director of the Pettit National Ice Center in Milwaukee.
References
- "Whitefish Bay High School Athletic Hall of Fame" (PDF). Whitefish Bay High School. 2012. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-03-16. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
- "1973-74 Northwestern Basketball Statistics" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-03-16. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
- Shuck, Barry (2018-11-17). "Where are your former Giants now? QB Randy Dean". Big Blue View. Archived from the original on 2019-03-17. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
- "Randy Dean: Game Logs at NFL.com". NFL. Archived from the original on 2019-03-16. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
- Transactions Boca Raton News, Retrieved October 5, 2014
- New Quarterback Dean cut by Packers The Milwaukee Journal, Retrieved October 5, 2014
- Fleming, Bill (1975-09-04). "Handsball Team defends crown". Willamette Collegian. 87 (1). Retrieved 2018-10-30.
- "Dean twins win berths in Olympics". Chicago Tribune. 14 May 1976. p. 51. Archived from the original on 10 November 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2019.