He was a 3-time All Canadian with the Saint Mary's Huskies (Bachelor of Arts degree) and played for SMU from 1987-1990.
Flynn signed with the Championnat Élite Division 1 in France where he played for 4 seasons (1993-1996) for the Fighters de Croissy sur Seine.
During these years, he was a star of the French championship with an annual salary slightly less than 30,000 Euros.
[3] He was voted in a Sportsnet poll as the #1 university football player of the past 50 years.
In 1994 Flynn received a Medal of Honor for Courage and Bravery for saving a young woman from drowning in the Seine river in France.