{{Short description|Iroquois lacrosse player}} {{for|the hill on the Hampshire/ Wiltshire border in England|West Dean, Wiltshire}} {{Infobox lacrosse player | name = Dean Hill | position = Forward | shoots = Left | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 3 | weight_lb = 225 | league = WLA | team = Victoria Shamrocks | nll_team = | former_nll_teams = Colorado Mammoth<br>Washington Stealth<br>Edmonton Rush<br>Rochester Knighthawks<br>Minnesota Swarm<br>Georgia Swarm | nationality = {{flagicon|Iroquois}} Iroquois | nll_draft = 48th overall | nll_draft_year = 2005 | nll_draft_team = Minnesota Swarm | birth_date = {{birth date|1986|10|26|mf=y}} | death_date = {{death date|2021|9|5|mf=y}} (aged 34) | birth_place = Scarborough, Ontario, Canada | career_start = 2006 }} '''Dean Hill''' (October 26, 1986 – September 5, 2021) was an Iroquois professional box lacrosse player.
==Professional career== Hill was selected in 2005 NLL Entry Draft by Minnesota Swarm. He came to Minnesota after a season in OJBLL on the team St. Catharines Spartans. Hill scored 80 points in 20 games and led the team in scoring. He also ranked 5th in the league in goals and 7th in scoring. In his second season in the league, he posted 32 goals and 53 points. Troubles with playing time led to his trade to the Rochester Knighthawks.
In 2009, he was traded again, this time to the Edmonton Rush.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ilindoor.com/2009/11/10/gavin-prout-swapped-again-prout-hill-to-edmonton-for-2011-first-rounder/|title=Prout & Hill to Edmonton for 2011 first rounder|work=ilindoor.com|date=November 10, 2009|accessdate=2011-05-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721041258/http://www.ilindoor.com/2009/11/10/gavin-prout-swapped-again-prout-hill-to-edmonton-for-2011-first-rounder/|archive-date=July 21, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==International career== Dean Hill also took part in number of major international events as a member of Iroquois Nationals, including two World Indoor Lacrosse Championship in 2007 and 2011, where he and his team gained silver medals.
==Statistics== {| BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="2" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="6" | Regular Season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="6" | Playoffs |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season !! Team !! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! LB !! PIM !! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! LB !! PIM |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2006 || Minnesota || 2 || 6 || 1 || 7 || 5 || 0|| -- || -- || -- || -- || -- || -- |- ALIGN="center" | 2007 || Minnesota || 14 || 32 || 21 || 53 || 29 || 0|| 1 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 5 || 0 |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2008 || Minnesota || 7 || 9 || 10 || 19 || 9 || 0|| -- || -- || -- || -- || -- || -- |- ALIGN="center" | 2009 || Minnesota || 4 || 2 || 9 || 11 || 16 || 0|| -- || -- || -- || -- || -- || -- |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2009 || Rochester || 3 || 2 || 3 || 5 || 11 || 0|| -- || -- || -- || -- || -- || -- |- ALIGN="center" | 2010 || Edmonton || 11 || 18 || 11 || 29 || 34 || 0|| 2 || 5 || 2 || 7 || 4 || 0 |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2011 || Edmonton || 13 || 10 || 12 || 22 || 32 || 2|| -- || -- || -- || -- || -- || -- |- ALIGN="center" | 2012 || Washington || 13 || 17 || 21 || 38 || 37 || 4|| -- || -- || -- || -- || -- || -- |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2013 || Washington || 16 || 20 || 18 || 38 || 29 || 4|| 3 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 6 || 0 |- ALIGN="center" | 2014 || Colorado || 2 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 2 || 7|| -- || -- || -- || -- || -- || -- |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2015 || Minnesota || 13 || 11 || 11 || 22 || 27 || 2|| -- || -- || -- || -- || -- || -- |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" ! || NLL totals !! 98 !! 128 !! 119 !! 247 !! 231 !! 25 !! 6 !! 7 !! 5 !! 12 !! 15 !! 0 |}
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20101124202258/http://stats.nll.com/stats/player.php?id=314 Stats at NLL.com]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hill, Dean}} Category:1986 births Category:Living people Category:Edmonton Rush players Category:Haudenosaunee lacrosse players Category:Minnesota Swarm players Category:Georgia Swarm players Category:Washington Stealth players Category:Colorado Mammoth players Category:Native American sportspeople Category:Sportspeople from Scarborough, Ontario Category:Lacrosse players from Toronto Category:Rochester Knighthawks players Category:First Nations sportspeople Category:21st-century Haudenosaunee people