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John Dixie Deans at PerthCSC

John Kelty Deans (born in Johnstone 30 July 1946) - "Dixie" Deans was a Scottish footballer. He played centre-forward for Celtic in the 1970s, under the management of Jock Stein and his successor Billy McNeill, and was a prolific goal-scorer. He was nicknamed "Dixie" in honour of the great English centre-forward Dixie Dean.

"Dixie" signed from Motherwell in 1971 and played for Celtic until 1976. "Dixie" holds the post-war record of scoring six goals in a single game when he put six past goalkeeper Alan Rough against Partick Thistle. "Dixie" is also the only player in Scottish history to score two hat-tricks in Cup Finals when he lodged both against Hibernian.

"Dixie" went on to play for Luton Town and a loan move to Carlisle United before going over to play for Adelaide City in Australia where "Dixie" is still a hero to the Adelaide fans for his goal-scoring abilities when he was the leading scorer in Australia in 1977/78. "Dixie" scored 132 goals in just 184 games for Celtic, a truly remarkable goals per game ratio. He also earned 2 caps for the Scotland national football team.

"Dixie" is a match-day host at Celtic Park, where he entertains corporate facility guests along with other Celtic legends. He is also involved with business interests in Glasgow, owning "Dixie's" pub in Rutherglen as well as being involved with former Celtic player Tommy Callaghan in the firm Esperanza Property Development, a company that buys, renovates and sells properties throughout Central Scotland.

from Wikipedia

photos from Celtic v Hearts on the 4th November 2006