Frederick Rudolph Dean was a defensive end in the National Football League. He was a two-time first-team All-Pro and a four-time Pro Bowler. Dean won two Super Bowls with the San Francisco 49ers. He died in a car accident in 2012.
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Frederick Rudolph Dean was a defensive end in the National Football League. He was a two-time first-team All-Pro and a four-time Pro Bowler. Dean won two Super Bowls with the San Francisco 49ers. He is a member of both the Chargers and 49ers Hall of Fame. Dean played college football for the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs and earned All-American honors as a senior. He was selected by the San Diego Chargers in the second round of the 1975 NFL Draft with the 33rd overall pick. In 1981, Dean was traded to the 49ers due to a contract dispute with Chargers’ ownership. He complained that he was the lowest-paid sixth-year defensive lineman in 1980 and that his salary was below the average of all defensive linemen.
The 49ers renegotiated his contract to reportedly near USD 150,000 a year. Dean was named the NFC Defensive Player of the Year with 12 sacks while playing in 11 games for the 49er in 1981. His performance was noted by author Tom Danyluk as “the greatest set of downs I have ever seen a pass rusher unleashed by a pass-rusher” Dean was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of fame in 2008. He died in a car accident in 2012. He had a son, Frederick Rudolph Dean, Jr., who was also a professional football player.
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