Iain George William Dunn (born 1 April 1970) is an English former professional

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who played as a winger in

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for

York City York City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of York, North Yorkshire, England. The team competes in the National League, the fifth level of the English football league system, as of the 2024–25 seas ...

, Chesterfield,

Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town Association Football Club is a professional association football club based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. They compete in , the third tier of English football league system, English football. Huddersfield Town we ...

and

Scunthorpe United Scunthorpe United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, England. The team competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. The club was formed in ...

Early life

Iain George William Dunn was born on 1 April 1970 in

York York is a cathedral city in North Yorkshire, England, with Roman Britain, Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers River Ouse, Yorkshire, Ouse and River Foss, Foss. It has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a Yor ...

, where he was raised.

Career

Whilst in his second spell at Chesterfield he helped them reach the FA Cup semi-final in 1997, playing as a substitute in the quarter-final tie against

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. However, he did not play in the semi-final, in which Chesterfield lost to

Middlesbrough Middlesbrough ( ), colloquially known as Boro, is a port town in the Borough of Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England. Lying to the south of the River Tees, Middlesbrough forms part of the Teesside Built up area, built-up area and the Tees Va ...

after a replay. Dunn was the first player in British football to score a

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. He achieved this feat in the

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for Huddersfield Town versus Lincoln City on 30 November 1994. Huddersfield won 3–2 in

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. Dunn was later presented with a commemorative trophy. Always a cult figure, Dunn polarised fans' opinions; despite this he was voted Huddersfield Town's all-time cult hero by the club's fans in an August 2004 poll for the

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programme, and was included in the fans' all-time 100 favourite players.

Personal life

Dunn is currently a street environment officer for

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.Iain Dunn - street environment officer, City of York Council
Since 2017, Dunn has been a match summariser on BBC Radio York's

match commentary.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dunn, Iain 1970 births Living people Footballers from York English men's footballers Men's association football wingers York City F.C. players Chesterfield F.C. players Scarborough F.C. players Peterborough United F.C. players Goole Town F.C. players Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players Scunthorpe United F.C. players English Football League players