Austin Flynn

Augustine P. Flynn (1933 – 26 April 2021), known as Austin Flynn, was an Irish hurler. As a player, he was noted in newspaper reports as a "fine hard-tackling but honest player" and "a sturdy sentry on the edge of the square."[1] Flynn had a fifteen-year association with the Waterford senior hurling team and has been described as "one of its greatest defenders."[2]

Austin Flynn
Personal information
Irish name Áistín Ó Floinn
Sport Hurling
Position Full-back
Born 1933
Abbeyside, County Waterford, Ireland
Died 26 April 2021 (aged 87)
Dungarvan, County Waterford, Ireland
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Occupation Health Board employee
Club(s)
Years Club
 Abbeyside
Club titles
  Football Hurling
Waterford titles 0 0
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
1952–1967
 Waterford
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 3
All-Irelands 1
NHL 1

Career

In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the Waterford senior hurling team rose from obscurity to enjoy a golden age in the sport. Flynn, having earlier lined out at minor level but declined a position on the junior team because of his youth, first played for the team in 1952 but only established himself as first-choice full-back five years later. It was a position he retained for over a decade.[3] After winning the first of three Munster Championship medals in 1957, Flynn went on to claim his sole All-Ireland Championship title after a replay defeat of Kilkenny in 1959. He also won a National League medal in 1963. At club level, Flynn enjoyed a lengthy career playing for Abbeyside in both hurling and Gaelic football. With Munster he won two Railway Cup medals.

Flynn had a number of personal achievements including three Cú Chulainn awards. He was recognised as his county's greatest full-back when he was picked in that position on the Waterford Hurling Team of the Millennium.

Death

Flynn's death was announced on 27 April 2021.[4]

References
  1. "Limerick will fancy their chances of an upset". Waterford News & Star. 5 July 2007. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
  2. "Waterford All-Ireland winner Austin Flynn passes away". Hogan Stand. 27 April 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  3. "Call for `08 heroes to graduate". An Fear Rua website. 31 August 2008. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
  4. Barry, Stephen (26 April 2021). "All-Ireland winning Waterford full-back Austin Flynn dies". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 26 April 2021.


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