Dick Flynn (Australian footballer)

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Dick Flynn
Personal information
Full name Richard Charles Flynn
Date of birth (1926-11-02)2 November 1926
Place of birth Broken Hill, New South Wales
Date of death 25 July 1949(1949-07-25) (aged 22)
Place of death Parkville, Victoria
Height 179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 81 kg (179 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1946 North Melbourne 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1946.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Richard Charles Flynn (2 November 1926 – 25 July 1949) was an Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1] He was born in Broken Hill and died in Parkville.

His only senior appearance for North Melbourne came in the opening round of the 1946 VFL season, a 59-point win over St Kilda at Arden Street Oval.[2][3] He was initially named as an emergency, but came into the team when Kevin Dynon pulled out with an injury.[4][5]

Flynn was badly injured on 20 July 1949 when he crashed his car into the back of a truck.[6] He died five days later in Royal Melbourne Hospital.[6][7]

  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
  2. ^ "WW2 Nominal Roll". Government of Australia.
  3. ^ "Dick Flynn". AFL Tables.
  4. ^ The Argus, "Good Finish By North", 23 April 1946, p. 12
  5. ^ The Argus, "North Team Chosen", 22 April 1946, p. 12
  6. ^ a b The Argus, "Crash victim dies", 26 July 1949, p. 3
  7. ^ The Argus, "Jack Howell Tires Of Inaction", 27 July 1949, p. 27