[5] With Carlo Galli alternated in the role of striker, the two took up the legacy of Gunnar Nordahl, who had moved to AS Roma.
On 2 April 1961, Bean scored four goals past Novara,[8] however, the Griffins remained in Serie B because of a penalty.
[2] The promotion came in 1961–62, when the MLS closed the season 64 goals and eleven points ahead of Naples, who finished second.
Sold to Naples, in Serie B, he helped them to win promotion to the top flight in his first season in Campania.
[9] After retiring as a player he spent twenty years as a coach with lower league sides Bellaria Igea, Ravenna, Cattolica, Lecco, Benevento, Barletta, Casertana, Cavese, and Fasano.