All-Ireland winning Waterford full-back Austin Flynn dies

Austin Flynn holding a picture of a Cork v Waterford league match taken in 1954 when he was marking Christy Ring. Picture: Dan Linehan

Austin Flynn, the full-back on the last Waterford hurling team to win the All-Ireland, has died.

Renowned as one of the best full-backs of that era, Flynn marked many of the game's greats, such as Nickey Rackard, Liam Devaney, and Christy Ring, in a career that ran from 1952 to ’67.