William Peden Dunlop (11 August 1874 â 28 November 1941) was a Scottish footballer who played for Liverpool in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, earning two Football League championship medals. Dunlop played once for Scotland, in 1906.
Dunlop played for Sandyford, Hurlford, Kilmarnock and Abercorn in Scotland before being signed by Liverpool managers John McKenna and William Barclay in January 1895 for ã35. He made his Liverpool debut in a Football League First Division match a 3âÂÂ2 home defeat at the hands of Sunderland on the 25 March 1895, a season which saw Liverpool relegated from the top flight. The left sided full-back would have enjoyed his second season a bit more as Liverpool gained promotion straight back to the First Division in 1895âÂÂ96. Dunlop's early appearances for the Reds were sporadic but his loyalty and dedication paid off as he was to become a regular starter over a 10-year period which included the Anfield club's first ever Football League Championship win in 1900âÂÂ01, a feat they were to repeat in 1905âÂÂ06 (after another relegation in 1903âÂÂ04 followed by promotion 1904âÂÂ05 in a turbulent period). Dunlop scored just twice for Liverpool, his first coming on the 19 September 1903 in a 1âÂÂ1 draw with Stoke at Anfield.
Having earlier been overlooked despite a strong performance in the Home Scots v Anglo-Scots trial match in 1901, Dunlop earned one international cap when he represented Scotland against England on 7 April 1906, a game Scotland won 2âÂÂ1 in a British Home Championship fixture at Hampden Park, Glasgow. Dunlop's Liverpool teammate Alex Raisbeck also played in the match, captaining the Scots.
He later worked for Sunderland for three decades as a trainer and masseur until his death in 1941.
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