{{short description|English rugby league footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2017}} {{Use British English|date=September 2017}} {{Infobox rugby league biography |name = Dean Mountain |fullname = Dean Mountain |image = |imagesize = |caption = |birth_date = |death_date = |height(ft) = |height(inch) = |weight = |position = {{rlp|PR|SR}} |club1 = Castleford |year1start = 1983 |year1end = 88 |appearances1 = 17+32 |tries1 = 4 |goals1 = 0 |fieldgoals1 = 0 |points1 = 16 |club2 = Ryedale-York |year2start = 1989 |year2end = 90 |appearances2 = 5 |tries2 = 0 |goals2 = 0 |fieldgoals2 = 0 |points2 = 0 |club3 = Huddersfield |year3start = 1989 |year3end = 91 |appearances3 = 8+4 |tries3 = 0 |goals3 = 0 |fieldgoals3 = 0 |points3 = 0 |teamA = Great Britain U21 |yearAstart = 1987 |yearAend = |appearancesA = 1 |triesA = |goalsA = |fieldgoalsA = |pointsA = |new = yes |retired = yes |updated = 19 February 2014 |source = <ref name="Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/dean-mountain/summary.html|title=Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2011|accessdate=1 January 2012}}</ref> }}
'''Dean Mountain''' is a police officer, and a professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played at club level for Stanley Rangers ARLFC, Pointer Panthers (now named Castleford Panthers[https://web.archive.org/web/20141222155438/http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/castlefordpanthersarlfc/]), Castleford, Ryedale-York and Huddersfield, as a {{rlp|pr}}, or {{rlp|sr}},<ref name="Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org"/> his rugby league career was ended by damage to his cruciate ligaments, sustained during a tackle in an A-Team evening game in January 1991, following a recovery from a broken bone in his thumb.<ref name="Dean Mountain Benefit Booklet">{{cite web|url=http://www.huddersfieldrlheritage.co.uk/Documents/Testimonials/Dean%20Mountain%20Testimonial.pdf|title=Dean Mountain Benefit Booklet|publisher=huddersfieldrlheritage.co.uk|date=31 December 2013|accessdate=1 January 2014}}</ref>
Mountain also represented Great Britain under-21s against France in 1987.<ref>{{cite book|author=Fletcher, Raymond|year=1997|title=Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1997|publisher=Headline Book Publishing|page=358|isbn=978-0-7472-7764-4}}</ref>
==Genealogical information== Mountain is the older brother of the rugby league footballer for Huddersfield and York; Gary Mountain.<ref name="Dean Mountain Benefit Booklet"/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *(archived by web.archive.org) [https://web.archive.org/web/20120518153624/http://www.thecastlefordtigers.co.uk/playerprofile.php?pid=562 Statistics at thecastlefordtigers.co.uk] *[http://www.stanleyrangers.org.uk/roll_of_honour.htm Stanley Rangers ARLFC - Roll of Honour] *[http://www.huddersfieldrlheritage.co.uk/Documents/Testimonials/Dean%20Mountain%20Testimonial.pdf Dean Mountain Benefit Booklet (PDF)]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mountain, Dean}} Category:Living people Category:Castleford Tigers players Category:English rugby league players Category:Great Britain under-21 national rugby league team players Category:Huddersfield Giants players Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:Rugby league props Category:Rugby league second-rows Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:York Wasps players