Mick Flynn | |
Full Name: | Brian Michael Flynn |
Birth Date: | 19 July 1949 |
Birth Place: | Brisbane, QLD, Australia |
Death Place: | Brisbane, QLD, Australia |
School: | Marist College Ashgrove |
Position: | Flanker / Lock |
Provinceyears1: | 1969–78 |
Repyears1: | 1971 |
Brian Michael Flynn (19 July 1949 – 6 June 1980) was an Australian international rugby union player.
Flynn was born in Brisbane and educated at Marist College Ashgrove.[1]
A versatile forward from the Brothers club, Flynn got his early experience against international opposition as a member of the Queensland state side, playing matches against Scotland and the Springboks, before making the Wallabies squad for the 1971 tour of France. He featured in two uncapped matches while in France.[2]
Flynn died in 1980 at the age of 30, of an undiagnosed illness, suspected to be either a brain tumour or viral infection.[3] [4]