Hi all
For what it's worth -- and I don't know if there is any relation between the names -- there was a famous U.S. baseball pitcher named Dizzy Dean (1910–1974) who was a contemporary of Dixie Dean in terms of career. Both Dizzy Dean and Dixie Dean (1907-1980). have pages in Wikipedia and you will note they were both January babies, born six days apart -- the English football player on January 22 and the American baseball player on January 16, three years later.
Chris