Frank Dunlap

Who was Frank Dunlap?

Frank "Judge" Dunlap was a championship and all-star Canadian Football League player. He spent 8 years playing professional football, including with the Ottawa Rough Riders and Toronto Argonauts.

Frank Dunlap was born August 10th, 1924 in Ottawa, Ontario. He was the second of four children born to Henry and Anne Dunlap of the Glebe. Frank Dunlap attended St. Patrick’s College in Ottawa, Ontario where he played halfback on the football team and also starred at right wing on the school’s hockey team. In 1940, Dunlap won the Doran Memorial Trophy, which was awarded to the best all around student, which included being good academically, athletically and also being recognized socially at the school. During this time, Dunlap lettered in football, hockey and debating. The following year, Frank won the Gerry Boucher Memorial trophy for senior interscholastic football. He was the first person to ever win this trophy. He received a scholarship to attend the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana to play football. However, in that same year the attack on Pearl Harbor occurred.