Career
A defender, he played twice for the Republic of Ireland national football team in 1970 against Sweden and Italy. Dunning"s domestic career had begun with Shelbourne, where he played in two losing FAI Cup finals in 1973 and 1975. His most successful years were those at Dundalk when he helped them to league titles in 1979 and 1982, FAI Cup wins in 1979 and 1981 and some famous European results, including the two ties against Celtic in the 1979/80 European Cup, when Dundalk were edged out 3-2 on aggregate.
