Dick Flynn | |
Fullname: | Richard Charles Flynn |
Birth Date: | 2 November 1926 |
Birth Place: | Broken Hill, New South Wales |
Death Place: | Parkville, Victoria |
Height: | 179 cm |
Weight: | 81 kg |
Statsend: | 1946 |
Years1: | 1946 |
Club1: | North Melbourne |
Games Goals1: | 1 (0) |
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]