fullname heightweight death_date death_place years birth_place position statsend originalteam birth_date careerhighlights article_title name
james edward flynn 179 cm / 75 kg 24 august 1955 wangaratta 1897 '' ' -- 1902 1903 -- 1910 '' ` total benalla ruckman 1910 -lrb- vfa -rrb- canterbury 21 march 1871 * premiership captain 1906 , 1907 jim flynn -lrb- footballer -rrb-
 jim flynn
jim flynn -lrb- footballer -rrb-

james edward `` jim '' flynn -lrb- 21 march 1871 -- 24 august 1955 -rrb- was an australian rules footballer who played with geelong and carlton in the victorian football league -lrb- vfl -rrb- .
a ruckman who was said to be highly strung , flynn started his career in 1897 where he was part of geelong 's inaugural vfl side .
flynn stayed with the club until the end of the 1902 season when he crossed to carlton .
he was made carlton captain in 1905 and in 1906 led them to the premiership , defeating fitzroy in the grand final .
due to business commitments in st james running the local hotel -lrb- pub -rrb- which still operates today -lrb- 37 kilometres north of benalla -rrb- he retired from football but returned in the 1907 finals series after captain fred elliott was suspended .
flynn 's captaincy was sought after and he led them to another premiership .
in 1908 flynn did n't play a game during the home and away season but was again used by carlton in the finals , this time under the captaincy of elliott , and was a member of a premiership side for the third successive year .
flynn is buried at lake rowan , east of st james beside his wife and 10-year-old daughter annastasia .
his descendants run flynn 's menswear in murphy street , wangaratta .
