Denis Flannery

Denis Flannery (1928) – 2012), wanda aka fi sani da laƙabin "Flag Pole", ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ne na ƙungiyar rugby ta Australiya wanda ya buga wasa a shekarun 1940 da 1950. Ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ne na ƙasar Australiya kuma ɗan wasan gefe na Queensland, ya buga ƙwallon ƙafa ta ƙungiyarsa a gasar Ipswich Rugby League ga ƙungiyar 'Yan'uwa. An san shi a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin manyan 'yan wasa na Queensland da suka taɓa yin fice.

 Tarihin rayuwa 
An haifi Flannery a ranar 2 ga Afrilu 1928. Ya halarci Kwalejin Nudgee ta St. Joseph kuma ya zama zakaran tseren makaranta.

 Ayyukan wasa 
Flannery ya fara buga kwallon kafa a Ipswich Rugby League don kulob din Brothers. Ko da yake yana da saukin rauni, ya fara bugawa Queensland wasa a 1948 kuma ya lashe kofin Australia na farko a gwajin Ashes na biyu na 1950, lokacin da Australia ta doke Biritaniya 15-3 a Brisbane Cricket Ground . An jera shi a cikin Australian Players Register a matsayin Kangaroo No. 279.  Flannery ya kuma buga wasan ƙwallon ƙafa a cikin 1951 da 1952. A lokacin yawon shakatawa na gasar rugby ta Faransa ta 1951 na Ostiraliya da New Zealand, Flannery ya taka leda a nasarar Ostiraliya a gwajin na biyu. A cikin yawon shakatawa na Kangaroo na 1952-53, ya zira kwallaye 23 a wasanni 14, gami da hat-tricks a kan Featherstone Rovers, Doncaster da Hull Kingston Rovers.

A shekarar 1954, an fara buga gasar cin kofin duniya ta kwallon rugby a Faransa . Yayin da yake taka leda a matsayin mai tsaron baya na kwata uku a kulob din Ipswich's Brothers, an zabi Flannery a cikin tawagar 'yan wasan Rugby League ta Australia a shekarar 1954, wadanda suka kasa zuwa wasan karshe. Ya ci gaba da wakiltar Queensland da Australia har zuwa 1956, inda ya yi ritaya daga wasan kwallon kafa na wakilci bayan rangadin Kangaroo na 1956 – 1957. Jimilla, ya buga wasanni 15 na kasa da kasa ga Australia, ciki har da wasanni biyu na gasar cin kofin duniya. Flannery ya ci gaba da aiki da Ipswich Brothers, yana aiki a matsayin dan wasa-koci a 1957 da 1958 kafin ya yi ritaya yana da shekaru 30. [ ana buƙatar ambato ]

 Bayan wasa 
Flannery ta auri Norma Dempsey, 'yar tsohon dan wasan rugby Dan Dempsey. Flannery da matarsa sun gudanar da Otal din Ulster a Ipswich, wanda Dan Dempsey ya mallaka, na tsawon shekaru 58.ARL Annual Report 2005 Ɗansu, Denis, ya mutu daga cutar yaro a shekarar 1970.

A watan Yunin 2008, shekara ta ɗari na gasar rugby a Ostiraliya, an sanya wa Flannery suna a reshe na Queensland Rugby League's Team of the Century, wanda aka san shi da "mataki mai dadi da karkatarwa".  

Flannery ya mutu a gidan jinya na Flinders View, Queensland a ranar Lahadi, 12 ga Fabrairu 2012, yana da shekaru 83. 

 Manazarta 

Rukuni:Matattun 2012
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1928