Dean Hammond is an ex-footballer and podcast host.  Dean played over 440 professional games at League One, The Championship and Premier League level. Dean hosts the podcast Life outside of Sport, where he talks to professional sportspeople about life after sport. We talked to Dean about his career in the game, from the youth team at Brighton and Hove Albion to playing in the Premier League with Leicester City, the difficult moments he encountered with his mental health during his playing days and the steps he has taken post-career to ensure that he continues to talk openly about getting through those difficult moments in life as well as work. PLUS we have extra chat with Dean just for our Patreons at patreon.com/blankpodcast Massive thanks to our Patrons: Mary Catherine Byrnes, Victoria Nielsen, Manya Kay, Alex Williams, Joel Piveteau, Richard Astill, Samantha Beaton, Claudia McKelvey, John Holland, Katherine Keen, Lynn Robinson, It's Coming Home 2022, Alice Chrystall, Maddie Lightfoot, Alex Collis, Martin Grimm. @blankpod @eliistender @jimdalycomedy @dean__hammond theblankpodcast2018@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices