{{Short description|Irish hurler (1933–2021)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=July 2015}} {{Infobox Gaelic games player | code= Hurling | sport = Hurling | image = | name = Austin Flynn | irish = Áistín Ó Floinn | feet = 5 | inches = 11 | occupation = Health Board employee | nickname = | county = Waterford | province = Munster | club = Abbeyside | cposition = | clubs = | clyears = | clapps(points) = | clcountyh = 0 | clcountyf = 0 | clprovince= | clallireland = | counties = Waterford | icposition = Full-back | icyears = 1952–1967 | icapps(points) = | icprovince = 3 | icallireland = 1 | nhl = 1 | allstars = | clupdate = | icupdate = | birth_date=1933 | birth_place=Abbeyside, County Waterford, Ireland | death_date = {{death date and age|2021|4|26|1933|df=y}} | death_place = Dungarvan, County Waterford, Ireland }} '''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."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.waterford-news.ie/news/cwgbkfcwql/ |title=Limerick will fancy their chances of an upset |publisher=Waterford News & Star |date=5 July 2007 |accessdate=23 July 2012 }}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Flynn had a fifteen-year association with the Waterford senior hurling team and has been described as "one of its greatest defenders."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hoganstand.com/County/Kerry/Article/Index/316665|title=Waterford All-Ireland winner Austin Flynn passes away|first=|last=|work=Hogan Stand|date=27 April 2021|access-date=27 April 2021}}</ref>
==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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.anfearrua.com/topic.aspx?id=535445|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130116232425/http://www.anfearrua.com/topic.aspx?id=535445|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 January 2013|title=Call for `08 heroes to graduate|publisher=An Fear Rua website|date=31 August 2008|accessdate=23 July 2012}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-40275473.html|title=All-Ireland winning Waterford full-back Austin Flynn dies|first=Stephen|last=Barry|work=Irish Examiner|date=26 April 2021|access-date=26 April 2021}}</ref>
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