Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. a woman.

1949–51		in M. Daly Profile of Youth 235: Negro teen-agers on Chicago’s South Side show a flair for colorful language and imaginative clothes [...] Visored cord caps, especially in colors, are favorites with the fellows and often ‘deals’ (girls) in a hurry to ‘take the swoop’ (get home) wear hats to the day’s last class.
1971		H.E. Roberts Third Ear n.p.: deal n. 1.an attractive lady.

2. a sports star.

1971		H.E. Roberts Third Ear n.p.: deal n. […] 3. one who excels in sports (e.g. in basketball).
1972		D. Jenkins Semi-Tough 44: ‘All the best, hero,’ the nitwit said. ‘Watch out for your cock on Sunday [...] football deal, ass-hole hero’.