1. Dean Solomon grew up in the small mining town of Broken Hill excelling in basketball, cricket and football though it is the latter in which he held the most promise.
19 Facts About Dean Solomon
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Dean Solomon played his last game for North Broken Hill in 1996, unfortunately injuring his fingers and missing a grand final.
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Dean Solomon then went on to play for the Bendigo Pioneers in the under 18 TAC Cup competition.
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Dean Solomon was selected in the 1997 AFL Draft by Essendon with a 2nd round selection, number 20 overall.
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Dean Solomon made his AFL debut in 1998 for Essendon and was part of their 2000 premiership team.
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Dean Solomon played a total of 158 games and kicked a total of 56 goals for Essendon Football Club from 1998 until 2006.
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On 13 October 2006, Dean Solomon was traded to Fremantle, following a trade of draft picks No 42 and No 47, Fremantle gained pick No 52 from the Bombers.
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In 2008, Dean Solomon was reported for elbowing Cameron Ling to the head which resulted in broken cheekbones and eye socket.
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Dean Solomon received an 8-week suspension, the most severe AFL tribunal penalty in 11 years.
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On 18 February 2010, Dean Solomon announced his retirement from AFL football due to a painful degenerative knee injury.
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Dean Solomon played a total of 51 games and kicked 22 goals for Fremantle from 2007 until 2009.
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Dean Solomon was an assistant coach with Fremantle in the 2010 season under senior coach Mark Harvey.
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However after one season, Dean Solomon departed the Fremantle Football Club at the end of the 2010 season on 4 August 2010.
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Dean Solomon joined Gold Coast Suns as an assistant coach in the months before they entered the AFL for the 2011 season.
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The Suns under Dean Solomon went on to lose all three games for the rest of the 2017 season.
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Dean Solomon was not retained as Gold Coast Suns senior coach at the conclusion of the 2017 season and was replaced by Stuart Dew as Gold Coast Suns senior coach.
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On 17 May 2022, it was announced that Dean Solomon would be joining the coaching staff at Greater Western Sydney as part-time assistant coach for the rest of the 2022 season under GWS caretaker senior coach and his former teammate Mark McVeigh, who replaced Leon Cameron after Cameron resigned as GWS senior coach in the middle of the 2022 season after Round 9,2022.
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Dean Solomon left GWS Giants at the end of the 2022 season.
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On 9 November 2022, Dean Solomon was appointed senior coach of Tweed Coast Football Club, a club that competes in the Queensland Football Association Division 2 South.