| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Áistín Ó Floinn | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Full-back | ||
| Born |
1933 Abbeyside, County Waterford, Ireland | ||
| Died |
26 April 2021(2021-04-26) (aged 87–88) 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 | ||
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." Flynn had a fifteen-year association with the Waterford senior hurling team and has been described as "one of its greatest defenders."
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. 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.
References
- "Limerick will fancy their chances of an upset". Waterford News & Star. 5 July 2007. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
- "Waterford All-Ireland winner Austin Flynn passes away". Hogan Stand. 27 April 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- "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.
- Barry, Stephen (26 April 2021). "All-Ireland winning Waterford full-back Austin Flynn dies". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
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