Don Flynn, Texans and Titans Defensive Back

April 19th, 2010  |  Published in Player Deaths  |  1 Comment

Don Flynn, who played for the Dallas Texans and New York Titans in 1960 and 1961, passed away on April 14. He appeared on one football card that I know of, the 1960 Fleer card pictured here. Flynn’s obituary at tulsaworld.com includes a nice picture of him with Bill Meek, his college coach at the University of Houston. There is a recent photo of Flynn and his granddaughters at fanbase.com.

Though his card says he was a quarterback, Flynn spent his playing time in the AFL at defensive back. He had five career interceptions in the AFL, returning one of them for a touchdown.

Prior to his days in the AFL, Flynn spent one season, 1958, in the Canadian Football League, playing running back for the Edmonton Eskimos. His page at cflapedia.com shows his stats for the season. An article at tylerpaper.com says that Edmonton and the Dallas Texans “vied for Flynn’s services,” but that probably is not correct, since the Texans did not exist in 1958.

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  1. John Bateman says:

    April 19th, 2010 at 1:30 PM (#)

    He appears to be a very good looking guy (not that there is anything wrong with that). The card almost appears to be a glamour shot (not that there is anything wrong with that.) This card seems less like a football card and more like a teeny bopper picture.