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{{short description|Australia international rugby league footballer (1885–1967)}}
{{distinguish|Sydney Deane}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}
{{Use Australian English|date=July 2013}}
{{Infobox rugby league biography
|name           = Sid Deane
|fullname       = Sidney Phillip Deane
|birth_date     = {{birth date|1885|03|21|df=y}}
|birth_place    = [[North Sydney, New South Wales]], Australia
|death_date     = {{death date and age|1967|10|19|1885|03|21|df=y}}
|death_place    = [[Dee Why, New South Wales]], Australia
|position       = {{Rlp|CE|FE}}
|club1          = [[North Sydney Bears|North Sydney]]
|year1start     = 1908
|year1end       = 
|appearances1   = 9
|tries1         = 1
|goals1         = 0
|fieldgoals1    = 0
|points1        = 3
|club2          = [[Oldham R.L.F.C.|Oldham]]
|year2start     = 1908
|year2end       = 11
|appearances2   = 103
|tries2         = 35
|goals2         = 0
|fieldgoals2    = 0
|points2        = 105
|club3          = [[North Sydney Bears|North Sydney]]
|year3start     = 1912
|year3end       = 14
|appearances3   = 21
|tries3         = 6
|goals3         = 0
|fieldgoals3    = 0
|points3        = 18
|club4          = [[Hull FC]]
|year4start     = 1915
|year4end       = 16
|appearances4   = 21
|tries4         = 4
|goals4         = 0
|fieldgoals4    = 0
|points4        = 12
|club5          = [[North Sydney Bears|North Sydney]]
|year5start     = 1917
|year5end       = 19
|appearances5   = 6
|tries5         = 0
|goals5         = 0
|fieldgoals5    = 0
|points5        = 0
|teamA          = [[New South Wales Rugby League team|New South Wales]]
|yearAstart     = 1908
|yearAend       = 14
|appearancesA   = 18
|triesA         = 14
|goalsA         = 1
|fieldgoalsA    = 0
|pointsA        = 44
|teamB          = [[Australia national rugby league team|Australia]]
|yearBstart     = 1908
|yearBend       = 14
|appearancesB   = 5
|triesB         = 1
|goalsB         = 0
|fieldgoalsB    = 0
|pointsB        = 3
|teamC          = [[Sydney rugby league team|Metropolis]]
|yearCstart     = 1914
|appearancesC   = 1
|triesC         = 1
|goalsC         = 0
|fieldgoalsC    = 0
|pointsC        = 3
|source         = [http://www.rugbyleagueproject.com/players/Sid_Deane.html Rugby League Project] and [http://www.yesterdayshero.com.au/PlayerProfile_Sid-Deane_2359.aspx Yesterday's Hero]
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| relatives    = [[Os Deane]] (brother)<br>[[Bob Sullivan (rugby league)|Bob Sullivan]] (nephew)<br>[[Con Sullivan]] (brother-in-law)
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'''Sid Deane''' (21 March 1885 – 19 October 1967) was a foundation Australian [[rugby league]] player. He was a [[rugby league positions#Centre|centre]] for the [[Australia national rugby league team|Australia national team]]. He played in five Tests between 1908 and 1914. In 1914 he became the ninth Australian national captain and the first from the [[North Sydney Bears|North Sydney Club]].
[[File:Kangaroos tour 1908 1909.jpg|right|thumb|300px|<small>Deane (back row 3rd from right) Kangaroos 1908-09</small>]]

==Club career==
Born in [[North Sydney, New South Wales|North Sydney]], he commenced his footballing career with Norths rugby union. He was present at the North Sydney School of Arts in 1907 for the meeting which founded [[North Sydney Bears|North Sydney]].<ref name="Whiticker" /> He was elected onto the players committee and played at five-eighth in the inaugural round of rugby league matches played in Sydney on 20 April 1908.<ref name="Whiticker">Whiticker pp. 47–50</ref>

Following his appearances for Australia on the inaugural Kangaroo tour of England in 1908 several English clubs made offers for him to stay and he reached agreement with the [[Oldham R.L.F.C.|Oldham]].<ref>{{cite web|title=OLDHAM RLFC INTERNATIONAL CELEBRATION|url=http://www.orl-heritagetrust.org.uk/hall-of-fame/|work=Hall of Fame|publisher=Oldham Rugby League Heritage Trust|accessdate=19 December 2013}}</ref> For the next four seasons he featured in a star-studded team including [[Arthur Anlezark]], Kangaroo [[Tom McCabe (rugby league)|Tom McCabe]] and English representatives [[James Lomas (rugby league)|James "Jim" Lomas]], [[Alf Wood (rugby)|Alf Wood]] and [[Albert Avery]]. Oldham were Championship finalists for each of those four years. Deane played at {{rlp|ce}} in Oldham's 3–7 defeat by [[Wigan Warriors|Wigan]] in the [[Rugby Football League Championship|Championship]] Final during the [[1908–09 Northern Rugby Football Union season|1908–09 season]] at [[The Willows, Salford]] on Saturday 1 May 1909,<ref>{{cite web|title=1908-1909 Championship Final|url=http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=414|work=cherryandwhite.co.uk|publisher=wigan.rlfans.com|accessdate=3 January 2012}}</ref> played, and was [[Captain (sports)|captain]] in Oldham's 13–7 victory over [[Wigan Warriors|Wigan]] in the [[Rugby Football League Championship|Championship]] Final during the [[1909–10 Northern Rugby Football Union season|1909–10 season]], and played, and was [[Captain (sports)|captain]] in Oldham's 20–7 victory over [[Wigan Warriors|Wigan]] in the [[Rugby Football League Championship|Championship]] Final during the [[1910–11 Northern Rugby Football Union season|1910–11 season]].

He had further seasons with North Sydney from 1912 to 1914, then returned to England to play with [[Hull FC]] for the 1914–15 season. He finished his career with North Sydney in 1919.<ref name="Whiticker" />

In August, 2006 Deane was named in the North Sydney Bears' ''[[North Sydney Bears#Team of the Century|Team of the Century]]''.

==Representative career==
He made his representative début for New South Wales in May 1908 against the New Zealand "All Golds" and later that year for a NSW side against the NZ Maori.<ref name="Whiticker" /> In July Deane was selected in the [[Australia national rugby league team|Pioneer Kangaroo]] side to tour England and made his international début in the centres alongside [[Dally Messenger]] in the first Ashes Test on 22 November 1908.<ref name="Whiticker" />

Following Deane's return from the English competition in 1912 he again represented New South Wales against touring New Zealand and English sides.<ref name="Whiticker" />

During the [[1914 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand]] Deane captained the Kangaroos in all three Ashes Tests.<ref>{{cite web|last=Whiticker|first=Alan|title=Sid Deane|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/sid-deane/summary.html|work=rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson and Bill Bates|accessdate=19 June 2013}}</ref> Australia won the second Test in July 1914 12–7. This was the first rugby league Test played at the [[Sydney Cricket Ground]] and the first Australian home victory against the English.<ref name="Whiticker" />

==After football==
Deane's wider family contributed to the development of rugby league in Australia. His brothers Os and Lal both played for North Sydney. [[Os Deane]] represented New South Wales and Lal became a first grade and representative level referee.<ref name="Whiticker" /> Deane's sister married his North Sydney and Australia teammate [[Con Sullivan]] and their son, [[Bob Sullivan (rugby league)|Bob]] went on to represent Australia in 1954, and both he and another nephew Jack played for Norths.<ref name="northsydneybears">{{cite web|url=https://www.northsydneybears.com.au/happy110/|title=Happy 110th Birthday North Sydney|website=North Sydney Bears|date=6 February 2018 |accessdate=2019-06-21}}</ref>

After retirement he helped run the family sports store and billiards room in North Sydney and was an SP bookmaker in later life.<ref name="Whiticker" />

==Matches played==
{| class="wikitable" 
|- bgcolor=#bdb76b
! Team !! Matches !! Years
|-
| Club|||| 
|-
| North Sydney|| 35|| 1908–1919
|-
| Australia (Tests)|| 5|| 1908–1914
|-
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Sources==
* Whiticker, Alan (2004) ''Captaining the Kangaroos'', New Holland, Sydney
* Andrews, Malcolm (2006) ''The ABC of Rugby League'', Austn Broadcasting Corpn, Sydney

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{{1908-09 Kangaroo Tour squad - The First Kangaroos}}
{{Oldham - 1910–11 Championship Final winners}}
{{North Sydney Bears Team of the 20th Century}}

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