Jake Dunlap

{{Short description|Canadian football player (1925–2010)}}

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| 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

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| position1 = Tackle

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| 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

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• 2× Grey Cup champion (1950, 1951)

| CFLAllStar = 1953

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John Gerard Dunlap{{Cite web|url=http://ottawasporthalloffame.ca/inductees/john-jake-gerard-dunlap/|title=John 'Jake' Gerard Dunlap}} (August 18, 1925 – October 17, 2010) was a Canadian football player for the Toronto Argonauts of the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union 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.[http://www.cflapedia.com/Players/d/dunlap_jake.htm CFLAPEDIA entry - Jake Dunlap]

Dunlap 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. He died on October 17, 2010, in hospital in Ottawa, Ontario. 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.https://www.gg.ca/en/heraldry/public-register/project/98