Dean McRae

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}

{{Use Australian English|date=January 2016}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Dean McRae

| image =

| fullname = Dean McRae

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|11|12|df=y}}

| birth_place =

| death_date =

| death_place =

| originalteam = Sandgate

| height = 186 cm

| weight = 90 kg

| position =

| statsend = 1996

| years1 = 1987–1992

| club1 = North Melbourne

| games_goals1 = 81 (25)

| years2 = 1993–1996

| club2 = Sydney Swans

| games_goals2 = 60 (30)

| games_goalstotal = 141 (55)

| careerhighlights =

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Dean McRae (born 12 November 1968) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne and the Sydney Swans in the Victorian/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL).

At the time of his arrival at the club, McRae was a Queenslander, recruited to North Melbourne from Sandgate.{{cite book|last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim|title=The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers| publisher=BAS Publishing|year=2007|isbn=978-1-920910-78-5}} His family had moved to Bribie Island from Victoria in the late 1980s. He played 81 games in six seasons for North Melbourne.[http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/D/Dean_McRae.html AFL Tables: Dean McRae]

In the 1992 National Draft, North Melbourne traded McRae to Sydney, in return for the 110th selection of the draft, which they used to redraft Jeff Chandler.{{cite book|last=Lovett, Michael|title=AFL 2004 - The Official Statistical History Of The AFL| publisher=AFL Publishing|year=2004|isbn=0-9580300-5-7}}

He averaged 16 disposals a game from his 18 appearances for the Swans in 1993. After another solid season in 1994, McRae was the fifth leading disposal getter at the club in 1995. He lost his place in the Sydney team early in the 1996 season and took no further part in their run to the grand final, where they would be defeated by McRae's former club.