William Elwyn "Moose" Dunstan Jr. (February 4, 1915 – March 12, 1999) was an

American football American football, referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron football, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular American football field, field with goalposts at e ...

player. He played professionally in the

National Football League The National Football League (NFL) is a Professional gridiron football, professional American football league in the United States. Composed of 32 teams, it is divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National ...

(NFL) as a tackle for the

Chicago Cardinals The professional American football team now known as the Arizona Cardinals previously played in Chicago, Illinois, as the Chicago Cardinals from 1898 to 1959 before relocating to St. Louis, Missouri, for the 1960 through 1987 seasons. Roots ca ...

from 1938 to 1939 and the

Cleveland Rams The Cleveland Rams were a professional American football team that played in Cleveland from 1936 to 1945. The Rams competed in the second American Football League (AFL) for the 1936 season and the National Football League (NFL) from 1937 to ...

from 1939 to 1941.

Biography

Early years

Dunstan was born in 1915 in

San Francisco San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, Financial District, San Francisco, financial, and Culture of San Francisco, cultural center of Northern California. With a population of 827,526 residents as of ...

. He attended

Castlemont High School Castlemont High School is a public high school in Oakland, California, United States, originally known as East Oakland High School. It is part of the Oakland Unified School District. The Castlemont name was selected by a vote of the students. ...

Oakland, California Oakland is a city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California. It is the county seat and most populous city in Alameda County, California, Alameda County, with a population of 440,646 in 2020. A major We ...

. He played college football at

Marin Junior College The College of Marin, (known as Marin Junior College, 1926–1947) is a public community college in Marin County, California, with two campuses, one in Kentfield, and the second in Novato. It is the only institution operated by the Marin Commu ...

(1933),

Santa Clara University Santa Clara University is a private university, private Jesuit university in Santa Clara, California, United States. Established in 1851, Santa Clara University is the oldest operating institution of higher learning in California. The university' ...

(1934), and the

University of Portland The University of Portland (UP) is a private Catholic university in Portland, Oregon, United States. It was founded in 1901 and is affiliated with the Congregation of Holy Cross, which also founded UP's sister school, the University of Notre Da ...

(1935–1937).

Professional football

Dunstan played professional football in the

(NFL) as a tackle for the

(1938–1939) and

(1939–1941). He appeared in 33 NFL games, 23 as a starter. He also played for the Oakland Giants of the Pacific Coast Football League (PCFL) in 1943.

Family and later years

After his football career ended, Dunstan lived in

. He worked as an insurance executive. He served as chairman of Oakland's Board of Park Commissioners and ran unsuccessfully for a season on the Oakland City Council in 1953 and the Board of Education in 1965. Dunstan died in 1999 in Oakland at age 84. Dunstan and his wife, Florence, had four children: Marion, Bill, Joellen, and Nancy. Their son, Bill Dunstan, played in the NFL.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dunstan, Elwyn 1915 births 1999 deaths American football tackles Chicago Cardinals players Cleveland Rams players Marin Mariners football players Portland Pilots football players Santa Clara Broncos football players Castlemont High School alumni Players of American football from Oakland, California Players of American football from San Francisco Pacific Coast Professional Football League players