Ernest Deane

Ernest Cotton Deane (1887–1915) was an Irish rugby international. He won one cap against England in 1909.

Like fellow international Basil Maclear, Deane was killed in action during the First World War, serving as a captain with the Royal Army Medical Corps, attached to the Leicestershire Regiment near Laventie. He was buried in the Rue-du-Bacquerot No.1 Military Cemetery nearby.