Biography
Dean grew up in Joiner, AR. He later attended Arkansas State University.
Dean died on October 26th, 2001 in Austin, TX.1 He was buried in Memorial Oaks Cemetery in Houston, TX.
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"Jerry Elmer Dean , 72, of Austin died Oct. 26, 2001, at Seton Medical Center in Austin. Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Stringer & Griffin Funeral Home in Jasper with graveside service at 1 p.m. Monday at Memorial Oaks Cemetery in Houston. Visitation will begin at 1 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. A native of Joiner, Ark., he lived in the Jasper area and was a former major league baseball player, a retired Lamar High School coach and a Korean War U.S. Army veteran. Survivors include his wife, Jill Cook Dean of Austin; brother, James R. Dean of Jonesboro, Ark.; and sister, Betty Jo Green of Jonesboro."2
Stats
Statistics at Baseball-Reference.com.