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Featured Ballplayer: The Great Dizzy Dean

Gabby Hartnett with teammate Dizzy Dean
Lefty Gomez and Dizzy Dean
Paul Dean, Sr. later in his career with the Browns
Tex Carelton, Dizzy Dean, Pepper Martin, George Watkins, Jimmie Wilson, Frankie Frisch as Frisch named manager of Cardinals
Dizzy Dean in 1930
Mark Dean's great-uncle, Hall-of Famer Dizzy Dean
Schoolboy with Dizzy Dean, two of baseball's great characters.
Babe Ruth and Dizzy Dean
Dizzy and Paul Dean with Frankie Frisch and Bill DeLancy after Game Six of the 1934 World Series
Elmer Dean, top center, Pat Dean, bottom left
Frankie Frisch and Dizzy Dean, 1934. Yes, that's a lampshade on Dizzy head!
The great HOF class of 1953 Ty Cobb, Al Simmons, Dizzy Dean, Cy Young, Connie Mack, Ed Walsh, Rogers Hornsby
Another view of Paul Dean's 1934 World Series ring, in the possession of his son, Paul Dean, Jr.
Phil Cavaretta and Dizzy Dean help an injured teammate off the field
Pee Wee Reese with broadcast partner Dizzy Dean
Herb Score kids around with Bob Feller and Dizzy Dean
Dizzy Dean HOF plaque
Dizzy Dean
Satchel Paige and Dizzy Dean
Joe and Dizzy Dean
Dizzy Dean
Paul Dean with son Mark and family