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‘He was incredible’ – looking back at an Everton legend

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There remains the need for a new centre-forward at Everton right now though it might be the case that Richarlison plays there more.

Cenk Tosun and Dominic Calvert-Lewin have struggled for goals and it seems as though the Brazilian could now be a makeshift centre-forward.

In the long run, then, we could do with another forward that will definitely score goals though finding one like the man below might be hard to do.

Dixie Dean is right up there with the best strikers in the history of the English game and today is the day he scored his first hat-trick of 37 for the Blues back in 1925:

Scored in a win over Burnley, there was plenty more where that came from in his career and it’s well before the modern feats of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

One of the greats of our club, here’s how fans reacted to the milestone:

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