title: Bill Flynn (footballer)
text: # Bill Flynn (footballer)
  
  William Joseph Flynn (26 September 1907 – 24 May 1991) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton and South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
  
  ## Family
  
  The son of Timothy Flynn (1866-1924), and Johanna Flynn (1871-1959), née Ahearn, William Joseph Flynn was born at Drouin, Victoria on 26 September 1907.
  
  He married Kathleen Margaret O'Connor (1908-2002) on 16 May 1942.
  
  ## Football
  
  Flynn tied with Jack Collins in the 1936 Gippsland Football League's best and fairest award, the Trood Award, when playing with Bairnsdale Football Club.
  
  