Johnny O'Flynn

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Johnny O'Flynn
Personal information
Irish name Seán Ó Floinn
Sport Gaelic football
Position Left wing-back
Born 1936
Glantane, County Cork, Ireland
Club(s)
YearsClub
Kilshannig
Avondhu
Club titles
Cork titles 1
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCountyApps (scores)
1961-1964
Cork 9 (0-00)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 0
All-Irelands 0
NFL 0

John O'Flynn (born 1936) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer. He played with club side Kilshannig, divisional side Avondhu and at inter-county level with the Cork senior football team. [1]

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Playing career

O'Flynn first enjoyed success as a Gaelic footballer as a member of the Mallow Vocational School team that won the Cork County Vocational Schools' Championship in 1952. [2] He later lined out with Kilshannig and was part of the team that won the club's inaugural North Cork JAFC title in 1959, before winning a further three divisional titles in 1965, 1967 and 1968. [3] O'Flynn also lined out with divisional side Avondhu and won a Cork SFC title in 1961. [4]

O'Flynn's success at club level earned a call-up to the Cork junior football team in 1960. He was promoted to the senior team a year later and captained Cork in the 1962 Munster SFC. O'Flynn's four-year senior career featured four successive Munster SFC final defeats by Kerry, while he also earned selection with the Munster team in the Railway Cup. [5] [6] He ended his inter-county career by winning a Munster JFC medal in 1966. [7]

Honours

Kilshannig
Avondhu
Cork

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