James Howie Dunlop was born on 11 January 1895 in Auchinleck, Ayrshire. He played alongside his brother Wilson in the Footscray Thistle team. The Footscray Independent 11 October 1919, reported:
“Soccer” Player Returns. Mrs. Dunlop, of 13 Herbert-street, has received word that her son, Driver J. H. Dunlop, is returning home on the Ajana. Driver Dunlop, who is attached to the 6th Army Field Artillery Brigade, has been on active service almost four years. Prior to enlisting he was employed by Mr. Mayall. Another brother, Wilson Dunlop, was killed at Bullecourt in 1917. Both boys were members of the Scotch Thistle Soccer Club.
James Dunlop died on 15 April 1964 in Yallourn, Victoria, at the age of 69.