24 Facts About Hal Dean

Hal Stone Dean was a left guard for the Los Angeles Rams in the National Football League, playing three seasons from 1947 to 1949.

Hal Dean attended a one-room schoolhouse through the eighth grade.

At the age of 15, Hal earned his Eagle Scout badge.

Hal Dean attended Wooster High School and was co-caption of the football team.

Hal Dean was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and the Advanced ROTC at Ohio State.

In December 1942, Hal Dean was ordered to Fort Hayes in Columbus, Ohio for active duty.

Hal Dean attended the United States Army Infantry School in Ft.

Hal Dean arrived in the city of Manila, Philippines shortly after the Japanese had been defeated, working patrol duty and searching for Japanese hideouts.

Hal Dean joined the 187th Regiment, 11th Airborne Division and began intensive airborne training at Lipa in the Luzon, Philippines, in preparation for the invasion of the mainland of Japan.

Hal Dean was captain of the 11th Airborne Division football team that won the All-Pacific title.

In May 1946, Hal Dean returned to the United States and was discharged from the military as company commander and captain 1st Battalion, 187th Glider Infantry Regiment, 11th Airborne Division.

Hal Dean earned two Bronze Star Medals for his military service.

Hal Dean was voted to the All-Big Ten team when he returned to the Ohio State campus in 1946.

In June 1947, Hal Dean married his high school sweetheart Estella "Stella" Graber.

Hal Dean played for the Los Angeles Rams during the 1947,1948, and 1949 seasons, and was a member of the NFL Western Division Championship team.

Hal Dean played in the 1949 NFL Championship Game, predecessor to the modern Super Bowl.

In 1960, Hal Dean moved his family to Midland, Texas and opened an office for El Paso Natural Gas.

Hal Dean worked in Midland as district manager for Apache Corporation and Union Texas Petroleum.

Hal Dean eventually became an independent explorer in partnership with Bill Moss and J Howard Marshall, forming the Petroleum Corporation, which explored for oil and gas in West Texas and New Mexico.

Hal Dean continued working as an independent geologist until his death.

Hal Dean eventually returned to Midland to be closer to his family and friends.

Hal Dean established a fellowship in his name at Stanford University.

Hal Dean was a Sunday School teacher, Deacon, and Elder at First Presbyterian Church in Midland.

Hal Dean was inducted into the Wayne County, Ohio Sports Hall of Fame in June 1978 and enshrined in the Wooster, Ohio High School Sports Hall of Fame in 1986.