Robert Dunlop
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Dunlop with the 1990 Norton Rotary | |||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Northern Irish | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 November 1960 Coleraine, Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 15 May 2008 (aged 47) | ||||||||||||||
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Stephen Robert Dunlop (25 November 1960 – 15 May 2008) was a Northern Irish motorcycle racer. He was the younger brother of fellow road racer Joey Dunlop and the father of racers William Dunlop and Michael Dunlop. Like his brother, Dunlop died after a crash, suffering fatal chest injuries during practice for the North West 200 in May 2008. His son William also died in a crash during practice at the Skerries 100 in Dublin in July 2018.