Dick_Flynn_(Australian_footballer)
Dick Flynn (Australian footballer)
Australian rules footballer
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]