Jack Flavin of Moyvane won All-Ireland with both Kerry and Galway. 1932 (sub's medal) and 1937 with Kerry. 1938 for Galway v Kerry. Kerry did not meet Galway in either 1932 or 1937.
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From The Kerryman 7 January 2000, by Eamon Horan
Jack Flavin served Kerry with pride and dignity on the football field
Two months to the day after he celebrated his 90th birthday, Kerry football great, Jack Flavin, passed to his Eternal Reward when he died in Birmingham on Christmas Day. And with his death, Kerry lost yet another one of the great names that have adorned and enriched Kerry's football story down the years.
When it comes to recalling great names in Kerry football that of the man from Aughrim, Moyvane, will ever be high on the list.
Shortly after he celebrated his 90th birthday in the bosom of his family in Birmingham, I wrote an article in this column congratulating him, on reaching the grand old age of four score and ten and tracing some of the highlights of his career as an outstanding footballer.
The high points of his playing career were the winning of an All-Ireland senior medal with Kerry in 1937 when the Kingdom defeated Cavan in a final replay, and, then transferring his allegiance to Galway and going on to win a second .All-Ireland, senior medal — ironically, at the expense of his native county! Of course, the Moyvane man had little option but to throw in his lot with Galway when he had to move to that county to work, in 1938, 'Who could have envisaged at the time that it would be Kerry and Galway who would meet in that year's All-Ireland final?
Controversy surrounded that "38 final when a great kick by 'Purty' Landers saw the ball go sailing over the bar, but referee Tom Culhane, of Limerick, blew the final whistle simultaneously and the score was not allowed, thus taking the game to a replay.
Galway won, the replay and Jack Flavin collected his second Ail-Ireland, medal, albeit at the expense of his native county!
But when the counties met again in the 1940 All-Ireland final, victory this time went to the Kerry team, captained by Dan Spring. The counties also met in the '41 final, but Jack was not on the Galway team that lost to Kerry that year.
Then in 42, the Moyvane man, regarded as one of the outstanding forwards of his day, was on the Galway team which lost in the All-Ireland final to Dublin.
After the publication, of the article in the Sportschat column marking Jack's 90th birthday, I had a card from, his-son, Michael, in, Birmingham, expressing thanks for the tribute and saying how much it meant to Jack himself that he was still remembered. Jack was in hospital at that stage recovering from pneumonia. "He is on the mend, I am pleased to say" wrote Michael, "and your article has cheered him up no end."
Unfortunately, Jack didn't make it into the year 2,000. But he will be remembered by his contemporaries on, the football fields of Ireland as one of the great players of a golden era.
His nephew, Dan Flavin, and Dan's wife, Brd, from Aughrim Lower, Moyvane, were in Birmingham with their seven year-old son, Michael, for Jack's birthday last October and they made him, a presentation of a specially-framed photograph of the triumphant Kerry team of 1937. It pleased the great man no end and had him, reminiscing about the great games of those far-off days.
After that visit to Jack in Birmingham, Dan Flavin told me: '"Even though it is 60 years since he left his native parish, it was with great pride and passion that his mind and heart would return to his youthful days around Moyvane and how, with a great fondness, he would recall his playing days and team -mates— the Brosnans, Kearney, the Stack brothers, Jer and Jim Carmody, Paddy Windle, Tom Callaghan and so many many more."
Jack won National League medals with Kerry in 1931 and with Galway in 1939, having picked up an All-Ireland junior medal, with Kerry in 1930.
Of course, Jack learned his football as he grew up in his native Moyvane — or Newtownsandes as it was perhaps better known by in those days. Among his team-mates on the Newtown teams from the late 1920s to 'the late 30s were the great Con Brosnan, Tom Mahony, Paud O’Sullivan, Jim O’ Sullivan, Jer Carmody, Bob Murphy, Joe Moriarty, Tom Callaghan, ‘Foxy’ Jack Sullivan, Jim Carmody, Conny Joe Mulvihill, Jerry Nolan, Josie Enright, the Stack brothers, Stevie and Jim, the Kearneys, the Brassil brothers and Joe Hanrahan. The ‘Boro’ won numerous North Kerry championships during that period.
In his prime, Jack Flavin was described as a sturdy block of a man who was renowned for his dashing runs down the wing. Invariably, he would leave flat-footed backs floundering in his wake before billowing the net with a thunderous shot.
Jack will be buried in his adopted city of Birmingham, this Friday, January 7, following Requiem Mass in Our Lady of Fatima Church in Quinton at 11.15am.
Joining his son, Michael, at the funeral will be Jack's nephew, Dan Flavin, and his wife, Brid, who will be accompanied on the trip by the chairman of the Kerry County Board, Sean Walsh, himself a Moyvane man and a near neighbour of the Flavins.
Dan and Brid have procured a Kerry flag and a Galway flag and these will be sported from the Flavin household in Aughrim Lower to honour the passing of a great Kerry gentleman and footballer.
"There were two things he loved especially," said Brid Flavin. "One was the GAA in Moyvane and the other was his love and respect for Con Brosnan."
"Jack Flavin was highly respected," said County Board chairman Sean, Walsh. "I will be representing the County Board at the funeral in Birmingham and this is only fitting as a mark of respect to an All-Ireland medal holder.
"On behalf of myself and the County Board I wish to express my heartfelt sympathy to the Flavin family on Jack's passing."
In recent times we have seen the passing of a number of renowned personalities associated with, the name of Kerry football. Men who have contributed significantly to its popularity and its growth throughout the county. Jack Flavin is the latest to join the hallowed ranks. He may have spent many years to exile in Birmingham, but his heart was ever in his native county. A county that he served with pride and dignity on the football field in his heyday.
It was a great pleasure to have known such a wonderful sportsman and a fine gentleman. I express my sympathy to his entire family. May the sod rest gently upon him.