Rowley Flynne

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Rowley Flynne
Personal information
Full name Ralton Ashton Flynne
Date of birth (1913-01-12)12 January 1913
Place of birth Coburg, Victoria[1]
Date of death 20 August 2003(2003-08-20) (aged 90)
Original team(s) Church of Christ, Windsor
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 83 kg (183 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1935 South Melbourne 4 (0)
1937 Footscray 9 (0)
Total 13 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1937.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Ralton Ashton "Rowley" Flynne (12 January 1913 – 20 August 2003)[2] was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne and Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Fynne played his early football for the Church of Christ in Windsor.[3] He made four league appearances for South Melbourne in the 1935 VFL season.[4] The club made the grand final that season, but Flynne didn't take part in the finals series.[4] He played for Sunshine in 1936 and was a member of their premiership team,[5] before returning to the VFL the following year, with Footscray.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "WW2 Nominal Roll". Government of Australia.
  2. ^ Lovett, Michael (2004). AFL 2004 - The Official Statistical History Of The AFL. AFL Publishing. ISBN 0-9580300-5-7.
  3. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
  4. ^ a b c AFL Tables: Rowley Flynne
  5. ^ Sunshine Advocate,"Sunshine Footballers Win Premiership Comfortably", 18 September 1936, p. 3