Dean Sampson

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Dean Sampson
Personal information
Nickname	Deano, Diesel
Born	Tuesday (1967-06-27) 27 June 1967 Wakefield, England
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position	Prop

Dean Sampson (born Tuesday (1967-06-27) 27 June 1967 in Wakefield) is a rugby league footballer of the 1980s, '90s, and 2000s, playing for Stanley Rangers ARLFC, and Castleford Tigers, as a Prop. Sampson played for Castleford from 1987 to 2002 when he retired. He was selected to go on the 1992 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand.

Dean Sampson was a Substitute in Castleford Tigers' 33-2 victory over Wigan in the 1993–94 Regal Trophy final at Headingley Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 22 January 1994.^[1]

In the 1997 post season, Sampson was selected to play for Great Britain in the first match of the Super League Test series against Australia.

He came back in 2003 when Castleford went through an injury crisis. He scored on his comeback game against Warrington Wolves. He also played once more for Castleford in 2004 against Hull Dockers in the challenge cup. Overall Dean played 431 games for Castleford scoring 68 tries. With 431-appearances, Dean Sampson is joint second (along with Artie Atkinson) in Castleford's all-time appearance list behind John Joyner, who has 613-appearances. Dean was a real fans favourite for Castleford and his name was often chanted by the home fans.

After retirement, Sampson became the club's academy coach and won the Junior academy championship in 2004. He left the club in 2005 and moved to Hull KR and became the assistant coach there. He left Hull KR after a brief period and stayed out of the game for a while.

Sampson has rejoined Castleford for 2009's Super League XIV and was the club's academy coach once again.

Honoured at Castleford Tigers

Dean Sampson is a Tigers Hall Of Fame Inductee.^[2]

Genealogical information

Dean is the son of rugby league player and coach Dave Sampson, the nephew of rugby league player Malcolm Sampson, and cousin of the sprinter Denise Ramsden, and rugby union and rugby league player Paul Sampson.

References

↑ "Wigan 2 - 33 Castleford". thecastlefordtigers.co.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
↑ "Hall of Fame at castigers.com". castigers. 31 December 2008. Retrieved 1 January 2009.

External links

v t e England squad – 1995 Rugby League World Cup finalists

Betts (c) Bentley Broadbent Cassidy Clarke Connolly Cook Edwards Farrell Goulding Harrison Haughton Jackson Joynt Mather McCurrie Newlove Offiah Pinkney Platt Powell Radlinski Robinson Sampson Smith Coach: Larder

v t e Super League Dream Team – 1999

1 Kris Radlinski 2 Jason Robinson 3 Gary Connolly 4 Paul Newlove 5 Matt Daylight 6 Iestyn Harris 7 Willie Peters 8 Dean Sampson 9 James Lowes 10 Brian McDermott 11 Chris Joynt 12 Adrian Morley 13 Adrian Vowles

Persondata
Name	Sampson, Dean
Alternative names
Short description	English rugby league player
Date of birth	27 June 1967
Place of birth	Wakefield
Date of death
Place of death

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