Northern Ireland footballer
George Dunlop Date of birth
(1956-01-16 ) January 16, 1956 (age 68) Place of birth
Belfast , Northern Ireland Years
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Northern Ireland
George Dunlop (born 16 January 1956) is a former Northern Ireland international footballer .
Career
During his club career he played as a goalkeeper for Manchester City , Glentoran , Ballymena United , Linfield , Larne and RUC . He was named Ulster Footballer of the Year for the 1980/81 season, while at Linfield.[1]
International
He earned four caps for the Northern Ireland national football team and was part of the team at the 1982 FIFA World Cup when Northern Ireland reached the second round.
Dunlop won many medals as a part of the successful Linfield team that dominated Irish league football in the 1980s. He was a natural shot stopper with fast reactions and known for pulling off good saves.
Dunlop was known to supporters of other teams as 'The Elephant Man'.[2]
Personal life
His nephew is the former Rangers and Northern Ireland national under-21 football team player Josh Robinson.[3]
Northern Ireland squad – 1982 FIFA World Cup
Bangor F.C. – managers
Stevenson 1920 –??)Clennell ?? –??)Jones ?? –1938)Wright ?? –??)McDevitt ?? –??)Wylie ?? –??)Duff ?? –??)Green ?? –??)Hyde ?? –??)McKenzie ?? –??)Duffy ?? –??)Smyth 1955 –??)Hanna ?? –??)McDermott 1962 –64)Tully 1964 –65)McGuickan 1965 –68)Hickson 1968 )Tully 1968 –71)McMichael 1971 –72)Be. Neill 1972 –??)Bi. Neill ?? –??)Emery ?? –??)Johnston ?? –??)Be. Neill ?? –??)Halliday ?? –??)Humphries 1983 –85)McQuillan 1985 –88)Flanagan 1988 –92)Best 1992 –94)Collins 1994 –95)Malone 1995 )Dougan & Dunlop 1995 –96)McBride 1996 –97)McCurdy 1997 )Chisholm 1997 )Campbell 1997 –99)Fraser 1999 –2001)Doherty 2001 –03)Halliday 2003 –05)Dunlop 2005 –07)Millar 2007 –08)Quinn 2008 –09)McCurdy 2009 –10)Wilson 2010 –13)Scates 2013 –16)Hill 2016 –17)Sinclair 2017 –)
