A forward from Subiaco, Dean played 19 games with Melbourne in 1987.
He featured prominently in the Elimination Final win over North Melbourne with three goals and four behinds.
Dean also appeared in Melbourne's losing Preliminary Final team which missed out on the premiership decider when Jim Stynes gave away a free kick in the dying seconds.
He was a Western Australian State of Origin representative and played in the 1988 Adelaide Bicentennial Carnival.
Dean was traded to West Coast in the 1990 Preseason Draft but could not break into their seniors.