Richard Flavin (born 27 December 1878) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who played as a goalkeeper for the Cork senior team.
Personal information | |||
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Sport | Gaelic Football | ||
Position | Goalkeeper | ||
Born |
27 December 1878 Youghal, County Cork, Ireland | ||
Occupation | Grocer | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
1890s-1910s | Youghal | ||
Club titles | |||
Cork titles | 0 | ||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | ||
1905-1909 | Cork | ||
Inter-county titles | |||
Munster titles | 2 | ||
All-Irelands | 0 |
Flavin made his first appearance for the team during the 1905 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen for a number of seasons until his retirement during the 1909 championship. During that time he won two Munster medals but failed to capture an All-Ireland medal.[1]
At club level Flavin played with Youghal.
References
edit- ^ "Munster Senior Football Winning Teams". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 11 April 2012.