Henry Dunlop

Henry Wallace Doveton Dunlop (1844 – 1930) was a sports promoter, civil servant, engineer and, a former leader of Irish Rugby, founder of Lansdowne Football Club and figure behind the construction of the former Lansdowne Road stadium.

A champion sprinter, he won the 100- and 400-yard races at the inaugural Irish civil service athletics championships in August 1867. Becoming a speed walker ('pedestrianism' was then a mainstay athletics event), he won the 3-mile and 7-mile races at the second civil service athletics championships (4 July 1868); he also won the 2-mile race at the Dublin University athletics sports (the 'college races') on 14 June 1869. After victory in the 2-mile race at the third civil service championships (26 June 1869), he retired unbeaten in competition.

He remained involved in organising athletics events and was honorary secretary (1871–2) of the Dublin University Athletic Club, which managed the college races.

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