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Dean Mason

Running back who was Rookie of the Year on the 1999–2000 title team and Offensive Player of the Year in 2000–01. He played four games for the GB Bulldogs and was inducted into the club Hall of Fame in 2002.

Dean Mason: feature

Hurricanes Rookie of the Year
1999–2000[1][2][3]
Hurricanes Offensive Player of the Year
2000–01[1][2][3]
GB Bulldogs
4 games[4][2][3]
listed among the club’s 1999–2000 Bulldogs
Hurricanes Hall of Fame
Founding class, 2002[4][5][6]

Career with the Hurricanes

  1. 1999–2000 · 7 November 1999

    Scored with a 40-yard run on his first carry in his first game, a 33–0 win over UEA Pirates. He gained 75 yards on four carries, also played safety and was named the game’s special teams MVP.[7]

  2. 1999–2000 · 14 November 1999

    Returned the opening kickoff 70 yards for a touchdown, on his first kick return, at Cardiff Cobras. Cardiff won 30–26, the Hurricanes’ first defeat in two and a half years.[8]

  3. 1999–2000 · 5 December 1999

    Ran for 167 yards on 16 carries and caught passes for 70 yards, scoring once each way, in a 40–14 win at Surrey Stingers.[9]

  4. 1999–2000 · 12 December 1999

    Scored four touchdowns, one of them a punt return, as Kent Falcons were beaten 64–3, the club’s highest score. He was named offensive player of the game.[10]

  5. 1999–2000 · March 2000

    Led the rushing in the 20–6 College Bowl XIV win over Leicester Lemmings, the Hurricanes’ third national title in a row. The match report gives him over 140 yards on 17 carries; his Hall of Fame citation gives 124 yards. He was voted the club’s Rookie of the Year.[11][12][4][2]

  6. 2000–01

    Returned at halfback and also started at outside linebacker. In a 68–0 first-round playoff win over UEA Pirates he scored six touchdowns, a club record. The club’s later Hall of Fame text gives five rushing and one receiving; the 2002 text says six rushing. He was named Offensive Player of the Year.[13][4][14][2]

  7. November 2002

    Inducted into the Hurricanes Hall of Fame in its founding class, presented by former team-mate Mike Butler, and named at running back in the club’s 10th-anniversary All-Time Team.[4][5][6][15]

Beyond the Hurricanes

  • GB Bulldogs (national student team), running back — four games · listed for 1999–2000[4][2][3]
  • Southern Conference Wildcats all-star team, running back · 1999–2000; the Hall of Fame citation records a second selection after 2000–01[2][3][4]

Sources for this feature

  1. Hertfordshire Hurricanes club records (2002), awards.txt: club annual awards, All-College, Wildcats and GB selections, and 1999–2000 and 2000–01 squad lists, compiled by webmaster Neil White (Sep 2002)
  2. Caneweb (2002 club site), team/AllTimeAccolades.htm
  3. Hurricanes club website (Wayback Machine): All-Time Accolades (2002)
  4. Caneweb (2002 club site), team/HallofFame.htm
  5. Hertfordshire Hurricanes club records (2002), halloverview.txt: Hall of Fame 2002 inductee citations and presenters
  6. Hurricanes club website (Wayback Machine): "Rookies and Legends" alumni event (2002)
  7. Caneweb (2002 club site), seasons/1999/games/pirates@herts.htm
  8. Caneweb (2002 club site), seasons/1999/games/herts@cobras.htm
  9. Caneweb (2002 club site), seasons/1999/games/herts@stingers.htm
  10. Caneweb (2002 club site), seasons/1999/games/falcons@herts.htm
  11. Caneweb (2002 club site), seasons/1999/CollegeBowlXIV.htm
  12. Hurricanes club website (Wayback Machine): College Bowl XIV report
  13. Hurricanes club website (Wayback Machine): Alumni Hall of Fame (2004 classes)
  14. Hurricanes club website (Wayback Machine): 2000–01 season
  15. Caneweb (2002 club site), team/AllTimeTeam.htm

Honours

Great Britain selection

Hurricanes Hall of Fame

  • 2002–03 — Hurricanes Hall of Fame, founding class of 2002

Hurricanes All-Time Team

  • RB

All-Star

Club award

  • 2000–01 — Hurricanes Offensive Player of the Year

Other honours

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