Jake Dunlap

{{Short description|Canadian football player (1925–2010)}} {{Infobox gridiron football person | name = | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = August 18, 1925 | birth_place = Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|2010|10|17|1925|8|18}} | death_place = Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | team = | number = | status = | position1 = Tackle | height_ft = | height_in = | weight_lb = | playing_years1 = 1944 | playing_team1 = Ottawa Trojans | playing_years2 = 1945–48 | playing_team2 = Ottawa Rough Riders | playing_years3 = 1949–50 | playing_team3 = Toronto Argonauts | playing_years4 = 1951 | playing_team4 = Ottawa Rough Riders | playing_years5 = 1952 | playing_team5 = Hamilton Tiger-Cats | playing_years6 = 1953–54 | playing_team6 = Ottawa Rough Riders | career_highlights = * 2× Grey Cup champion (1950, 1951) * CFL All-Star (1953) | honors = }}

'''John Gerard "Jake" Dunlap'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ottawasporthalloffame.ca/inductees/john-jake-gerard-dunlap/|title=John 'Jake' Gerard Dunlap |date=31 December 2023 }}</ref> {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|size=90%|QC}} (August 18, 1925 – October 17, 2010) was a Canadian diplomat and former football player for the Toronto Argonauts of the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union.<ref>[http://www.cflapedia.com/Players/d/dunlap_jake.htm CFLAPEDIA entry - Jake Dunlap]</ref> He was named the first Agent General of the Province of Ontario to the United States.<ref name=Obituary/>

==Biography== Dunlap was a football player for the Toronto Argonauts from 1949 to 1950, when he played 22 regular season and 3 playoff games. He played pro football for 11 seasons, and was selected as an All-Star in 1953.

He blocked a kick that led to the only touchdown in the 38th Grey Cup game, popularly known as the "Mud Bowl".

Dunlap later settled in his hometown, Ottawa, Ontario, and practiced law with his firm ''Dunlap Dunlap & McInenly''. In 1968, he was named a Queen's Counsel.<ref name=Obituary>{{Cite web|url=https://ottawacitizen.remembering.ca/obituary/john-dunlap-1066162958|title=John Dunlap|work=Ottawa Citizen Obituaries|date=18 October 2010|access-date=6 September 2025}}</ref> In 1983, he was named the first Agent General of the Province of Ontario to the United States.<ref name=Obituary/> He retired back to Ottawa in 1988.<ref name=Obituary/>

He died on October 17, 2010, in hospital in Ottawa, Ontario.

==Family== He was the son of Henry Joseph Dunlap {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|size=90%|MC}}, late member of the Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, of Scottish descent.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gg.ca/en/heraldry/public-register/project/98|title=John Gerard Dunlap|website=The Governor General of Canada}}</ref> His brother, Frank Dunlap, was both a Canadian Football League and National Hockey League player, and his son, Fra' John T. Dunlap, is the 81st Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.<ref>{{cite web | title=John Gerard Dunlap | url=https://www.gg.ca/en/heraldry/public-register/project/98 }}</ref>

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==External links== *[https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=337954 Obituary] {{38th Grey Cup}} {{39th Grey Cup}} {{Ottawa Rough Riders managers}}

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