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Colin Thomas Deans born on 3 May 1955 in Hawick in the Scottish borders was a rugby union player with Hawick RFC and Scotland. His nickname was the Hawick Hooker.

He made his Scotland debut (at the age of 22) against France in 1978 when Scotland lost, 16 - 19. He was active on the national team between 1978, and 1987, with his high point being in Scotland's 1984 Grand Slam.

Richard Bath writes of him that he was

:"The prototype for the faster hooker, acting as an extra flanker that has since emerged, Deans has few equals. Superb in the loose and a wonderfully quick striker of the ball in the scrum, the rugged Deans was also a pinpoint line-out thrower."

Allan Massie describes him as a hooker with back-row skills:

:"He is the most remarkable loose forward of any hooker I have seen. There can have been few, if any, faster; indeed, his speed is such that from the broken play and the line-out he gives Scotland in effect a fourth back-row forward. This means that, like Carmichael, he is ideal for the modern game, capable of fulfilling his specialist role, but also of taking a full part in fifteen-man Rugby. He harries the defence tirelessly: in the great win at Cardiff in 1982 Deans had a big part in the build-up for two of the Scottish tries; he was also at Calder's shoulder to take a pass, had that been necessary, when the first try was scored."

He also says that Deans was, "with the possible exception of Peter Wheeler, the most accurate thrower-in of recent years."

Deans was selected for the 1983 British Lions tour to New Zealand, but surprisingly was kept on the bench for its entireity. New Zealand thrashed the British Lions on this tour.

He obtained 52 caps for his country. He is said to have been most effective when playing in combination with David Leslie.

Noted for his skills at the line-out, of the game against Wales in 1984, the first Scottish Grand Slam since 1925, Allan Massie says "we would have probably lost that game if the Deans-Leslie combination had been less effective".

With 52 caps he overtook Frank Laidlaw's previous record.

Deans attended the primary school in Hawick where Bill McLaren taught.

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The Very Rev Colin Slee remembered - The Guardian The Guardian---Colin- lit up rooms when he walked in. More than once I have seen gatherings of gloomy -deans- cheer up just because he'd arrived and we could stop being bored ... - Date : Wed, 08 Dec 2010 12:30:20 GMT+00:00
A lens into Plaister's memory - The Leader The Leader--"The one thing that I think is nice about this campus is that there are a lot -deans-, vice-presidents and a president [to get] everybody working together to ... - Date : Fri, 10 Dec 2010 15:17:23 GMT+00:00
MICHAEL PEARLMAN SAYS: It's decision time for Deano - Campaign Series Campaign Series--The battle of the -Deans-, or the other Welsh derby, a contest for us all to relish. County are possibly just days away from staking a genuine claim to have ... - Date : Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:56:12 GMT+00:00
ACU distinguished among the best - ACU Optimist Online ACU Optimist Online--College presidents, provosts and admissions -deans- nominated colleges in their ranking category for “making promising and innovative changes. ... - Date : Fri, 20 Aug 2010 21:28:43 GMT+00:00
UVA faculty, staff write wish lists for incoming Prez, including transparency ... - C-Ville Weekly C-Ville Weekly--When Sullivan met with UVA -deans-, she told them to find resources and “take control of them,” says School of Nursing Dean Dorrie Fontaine. ... - Date : Tue, 27 Jul 2010 03:16:45 GMT+00:00
Workzone: Genius at work, here -- So please be quiet and talk to me later - Pittsburgh Post Gazette Pittsburgh Post Gazette--When -Colin Dean-, an apps engineer at Squirrel Hill software firm Vivisimo, needs to focus strongly on work, he relocates himself both physically and ... - Date : Mon, 10 May 2010 04:44:46 GMT+00:00
Bruins rough up Wolverines - American Chronicle American Chronicle---Colin Dean- finished the final three innings for the Wolverines, allowing nine runs (eight earned). "Against a team like that you have to put the ball over ... - Date : Sat, 08 May 2010 07:56:29 GMT+00:00

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The Very Rev Colin Slee remembered - The Guardian

The Guardian---Colin- lit up rooms when he walked in. More than once I have seen gatherings of gloomy -deans- cheer up just because he'd arrived and we could stop being bored ... - Date : Wed, 08 Dec 2010 12:30:20 GMT+00:00

A lens into Plaister's memory - The Leader

The Leader--"The one thing that I think is nice about this campus is that there are a lot -deans-, vice-presidents and a president [to get] everybody working together to ... - Date : Fri, 10 Dec 2010 15:17:23 GMT+00:00

MICHAEL PEARLMAN SAYS: It's decision time for Deano - Campaign Series

Campaign Series--The battle of the -Deans-, or the other Welsh derby, a contest for us all to relish. County are possibly just days away from staking a genuine claim to have ... - Date : Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:56:12 GMT+00:00

ACU distinguished among the best - ACU Optimist Online

ACU Optimist Online--College presidents, provosts and admissions -deans- nominated colleges in their ranking category for “making promising and innovative changes. ... - Date : Fri, 20 Aug 2010 21:28:43 GMT+00:00

UVA faculty, staff write wish lists for incoming Prez, including transparency ... - C-Ville Weekly

C-Ville Weekly--When Sullivan met with UVA -deans-, she told them to find resources and “take control of them,” says School of Nursing Dean Dorrie Fontaine. ... - Date : Tue, 27 Jul 2010 03:16:45 GMT+00:00

Workzone: Genius at work, here -- So please be quiet and talk to me later - Pittsburgh Post Gazette

Pittsburgh Post Gazette--When -Colin Dean-, an apps engineer at Squirrel Hill software firm Vivisimo, needs to focus strongly on work, he relocates himself both physically and ... - Date : Mon, 10 May 2010 04:44:46 GMT+00:00

Bruins rough up Wolverines - American Chronicle

American Chronicle---Colin Dean- finished the final three innings for the Wolverines, allowing nine runs (eight earned). "Against a team like that you have to put the ball over ... - Date : Sat, 08 May 2010 07:56:29 GMT+00:00

National team
Years	Club / team	Caps	Points
1978-1984	Scotland	52

Amateur clubs
Years	Club / team
	Hawick RFC

British and Irish Lions team captains

To 1910		Apr-Aug 1888: Robert Seddon ^{Note 1} * Aug-Oct 1888: Andrew Stoddart ^{Note 1} * 1891: Bill Maclagan * 1896: Johnny Hammond * Jun 1899: Matthew Mullineux ^{Note 2} * Jun-Aug 1899: Frank Stout ^{Note 2} * 1903: Mark Morrison * Jun-Jul 1904: David Bedell-Sivright^{Note 3} * Jul-Aug 1904: Teddy Morgan^{Note 3} * 1908: Boxer Harding * 1910: John Raphael^{Note 4} *
To present		Jun-Jul1910: Tommy Smyth^{Note 5} * Aug 1910: Jack Jones^{Note 5} * Aug-Sep1910: Tommy Smyth^{Note 5} * 1924: Ronald Cove-Smith * 1927: David MacMyn * 1930: Doug Prentice * 1936: Bernard Gadney * 1938: Sam Walker * 1950: Karl Mullen * 1955: Robin Thompson * 1959: Ronnie Dawson * 1962: Arthur Smith * 1966: Mike Campbell-Lamerton * 1968: Tom Kiernan * 1971: John Dawes * 1974: Willie John McBride * 1977: Phil Bennett * 1980: Bill Beaumont * 1983: Ciaran Fitzgerald * 1986: Colin Deans * 1989: Finlay Calder * 1989: Rob Andrew * 1993: Gavin Hastings * 1997: Martin Johnson * 2001: Martin Johnson * May-Jun 2005: Brian O'Driscoll^{Note 6} * May 2005: Michael Owen^{Note 6} * Jun 2005: Martin Corry^{Note 6} * Jul 2005: Gareth Thomas^{Note 6} * 2009: Paul O'Connell *
*Notes*		Note 1: Robert Seddon died on tour after a boating accident, Andrew Stoddart, became captain for the remainder of the tour. Note 2: Matthew Mullineux decided that after losing the first test that he should withdraw from further test matches, handing on field captaincy to Frank Stout, but remained tour captain. Note 3: David Bedell-Sivright was injured during the first test. Teddy Morgan took over captaincy on the field but Bedell-Sivright remained tour captain. Note 4: The team that John Raphael captained was not selected by the four Home Nations governing body, but had been organised by Oxford University and billed as the English Rugby Union team. However, it was denoted as the Combined British team by its Argentine hosts because it also included three Scots. Note 5: Jack Jones captained the first test only, but Tommy Smyth remained the tour captain. Note 6: Michael Owen captained the Lions in the first tour game, the test vs. Argentina in Cardiff. Brian O'Driscoll was injured at the beginning of the first test. Martin Corry and Gareth Thomas took over captaincy on the field but O'Driscoll remained tour captain.