David L. Dunlap

Dunlap was born in Iowa in 1877. His father, James B. Dunlap, was a farmer who immigrated to the United States from Ireland as a boy in 1847. Dunlap's mother, Clara M. Dunlap, was a New York native. They settled in Hazel Green Township, Delaware County, Iowa, near Hopkinton, Iowa. Dunlap had five older brothers and two older sisters.[1][2]

Dunlap attended college at Lenox College in Hopkinton, Iowa. He received a B.S. degree from Lenox in 1901.[3]

After graduating from Lenox, Dunlap enrolled in the Department of Medicine and Surgery at the University of Michigan. He received his Doctor of Medicine degree in 1906.[4] While attending medical school, Dunlap played football for the Michigan Wolverines football team for four years from 1901 to 1903 and 1905.[5] He appeared in five games (Case, Albion, Beloit, Ohio Normal, Ferris) at right end (and was a starter in one game) for the 1903 team.[6][7] Two years later, he was a starter at halfback in four games (including the Kalamazoo and Case games) for the 1905 team.[8] During the 1905 season, a controversy developed as to Dunlap's eligibility. He had participated in athletics at Lenox College, and some questioned whether he had a remaining fourth year of eligibility. A letter was received from the person in charge of athletics at Iowa indicating that the Association of Colleges in Iowa did not consider Lenox to be a college. The conference ruled that Dunlap remained eligible on the ground that Lenox was not a college.[9]

Dunlap was also a member of Michigan's varsity track team for four years.[10] During the 1905–06 academic year, he also served as a student member of the Board of Control in charge of the general supervision of athletic sports at the University of Michigan.[11]

In the fall of 1906, Dunlap was hired as the football coach and athletic director at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio.[12][13] His 1906 football team tallied a record of 1–4–2.[14] After one year at Kenyon, he accepted a similar position at the Orchard Military Academy.[13]

From 1908 to 1911, Dunlap was the head football coach at the University of North Dakota. In four years at North Dakota, he had a record of 14–7–2.[15] He also coached North Dakota's baseball team to a 3–6–1 record in 1910.[16]

In August 1912, Dunlap was hired by Allegheny College as its physical and athletic director.[17][18] At the time of his hiring, the Boston Evening Transcript wrote:

"Dr. Dunlap is thirty-four years of age and stands six feet. He was under Yost for three years at Michigan in football, and has also acquired a good reputation as a coach. He also has a record in track. Apart from his all-around ability as physical director, Dr. Dunlap's greatest strength seems to be as coach in football and trainer in track."[19]

He later returned to North Dakota as its athletic director.[20]

In September 1913, Dunlap married Lulu Elta Loomis at Ypsilanti, Michigan. In a draft registration card completed in September 1918, Dunlap indicated that he was living in Highland Park, Michigan with his. He was a self-employed physician with an office in the Kresge Building in Detroit.[21] At the time of the 1920 United States Census, Dunlap was still in private practice as a physician and living with his wife in Highland Park. By that time, they had two sons David (age 4) and Gregg (age 2).[22] Ten years later, Dunlap and his wife remained living in Highland Park, and Dunlap continued in private practice as a physician. By that time, they had four children, Ward (age 15), David (14), Gregg (age 13) and Jean (age 6).[23]

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