John Dunn (American football, born 1888)

[1] During World War I, Dunn volunteered to serve in the 4th Infantry of the Minnesota National Guard and played on that unit's Company B service team.

[1] In 1921, Dunn and his business partner, Val Ness, purchased a franchise for the Marines in the American Professional Football Association (now the NFL).

[4] League owners elected Dunn vice president of the NFL in 1922, a position he would hold through the 1928 season.

The team played two seasons in the NFL, and in 1930, at midseason, Dunn and his partners sold most of the player contracts to the Frankford Athletic Association who used players from both the Frankford Yellow Jackets and Minneapolis Red Jackets to play out the schedules for both teams.

Dunn was vice president of the Minneapolis College of Music, while his wife, Marion, was dean of the Minnesota chapter of the American Guild of Organists.