John Dunlop (American football)

John Dunlop

Sport(s)	Football
Biographical details
Born	April 23, 1874 Cambridge, Massachusetts
Died	April 7, 1957 (aged 82) Westborough, Massachusetts
Alma mater	Harvard College (1897)
Playing career
1893–1896	Harvard
Position(s)	Halfback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1897–1901	Boston College
Head coaching record
Overall	16–16–2
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse

John William Dunlop (April 23, 1874 – April 7, 1957) was an American football player and coach. He served as the fifth head football coach at Boston College, coaching four seasons between 1897 and 1901 and compiling a record of 16–16–2. Boston College did not field a football team in 1900.

In 1922, Dunlop was residing in Boston, working as a real estate, mortgage and insurance broker.^[1] He was married to Alice Lillian Hall, whom he wed on October 25, 1899, and had two children, Lydia and John William, Jr.. He later entered in a partnership with Stephen W. Sleeper, a fellow Harvard alumnus, to form the real estate firm Sleeper & Dunlop.

He died at Westborough, Massachusetts in 1957.^[2]

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Boston College Eagles (Independent) (1897–1901)
1897	Boston College	4–3
1898	Boston College	2–5–1
1899	Boston College	8–1–1
1900	No team
1901	Boston College	2–7
Boston College:		16–16–2
Total:		16–16–2

See also

• List of college football head coaches with non-consecutive tenure

References

1. "Report". archive.org. Retrieved 2015-04-14.
2. Harvard Alumni Association; Associated Harvard Clubs (1956). Harvard Alumni Bulletin 59. Harvard Alumni Association. Retrieved 2015-04-14.

External links

• John Dunlop at the College Football Data Warehouse