Editing Fred Dunlap (section)

==Early years==
Dunlap was born in [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], in 1859. Both of his parents died when he was 10 years old. Dunlap did not attend school after his parents died and spent his youth playing baseball.<ref name=Spink/> Lacking formal education, Dunlap remained illiterate throughout his life.<ref name=CAB/>

Dunlap began playing semi-pro baseball at age 15 in 1874 for the Gloucester Club in [[Gloucester City, New Jersey]]. In 1875, he started the season with the Greighers of [[Camden, New Jersey]], then joined the Kleinz Club of Philadelphia. He played for Chester at the start of the 1876 season before joining the Quicksteps of [[Wilmington, Delaware]], as a [[pitcher]].<ref name="Sketch">{{Cite news |date=November 2, 1887 |title=The Victors: Sketch of the Men Who Now Wear the Dauvray Medals |url=https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll17/id/52103/rec/44 |work=[[Sporting Life (American newspaper)|Sporting Life]] |pages=3 |via=[[LA84 Foundation]]}}</ref> In 1877, he began playing professional baseball as a second baseman for the Auburns of [[Auburn, New York]]. In 1878, he played for teams in [[Hornellsville, New York|Hornellsville]] and [[Albany, New York]]. He remained with Albany in 1879.<ref name=BD>{{cite book|author=David L. Porter|title=Biographical Dictionary of American Sports: A-F|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|year=2000|pages=420–421|isbn=9780313311741|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AUFUw01sIWYC}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Fred Dunlap Minor League Statistics|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=March 9, 2014|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=dunlap002fre}}</ref>