{"id":189212,"date":"2025-10-04T07:57:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T07:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/189212\/"},"modified":"2025-10-04T07:57:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T07:57:13","slug":"harry-dean-gives-verdict-on-the-prospect-of-playing-for-carlton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/189212\/","title":{"rendered":"Harry Dean gives verdict on the prospect of playing for Carlton"},"content":{"rendered":"

Carlton father-son prospect Harry Dean said it would be \u201cpretty special\u201d to pull on the navy blue, as the 17-year-old continues to edge closer to officially joining the club his father helped to two premierships.<\/p>\n

Dean, widely viewed as a top-10 pick in this year\u2019s draft, is eligible to join Carlton through the father-son rule, following in the footsteps of his dad, Peter Dean, who played 248 games for the Blues<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Speaking to foxfooty.com.au<\/a> at the AFL Draft Combine, Dean admitted the experience of training alongside Carlton players had already given him a taste of what life at Ikon Park could be like.<\/p>\n

A family bond and a familiar home<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was just unreal. It didn\u2019t feel right as well being in the system,\u201d Dean told foxfooty.com.au. \u201cEvery time I go in there, I just think: \u2018This is the real deal, these blokes play on the TV and I support them.\u2019 Hopefully I can play with them soon, yeah.\u201d<\/p>\n

The teenage defender, who turned heads for Vic Country this year with his composure and intercept work, said he grew up a Carlton supporter, albeit with a \u201csoft spot for the Doggies\u201d. He added that his father\u2019s influence and early exposure to the club\u2019s academy had shaped both his game and professionalism.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith Dad being around so much and being in the program, I\u2019ve been getting tips off him,\u201d Dean said. \u201cHe had a pretty great career and helped make the father-son academy, so I was pretty lucky for that.\u201d<\/p>\n

With the Blues now well placed to match an early bid for Dean, the next generation of the Dean legacy at Carlton looks closer than ever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Carlton father-son prospect Harry Dean said it would be \u201cpretty special\u201d to pull on the navy blue, as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":189213,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-189212","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-afl","8":"tag-afl","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-australian-football-league","12":"tag-australianfootballleague","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189212\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/189213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}