Flanagan was a gifted centre half-forward from Swan Hill who was a magnificent mark and kick.
He played his whole career with Geelong Football Club.
In 1998 Flanagan was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.
[1] In response to his death, the CEO of the Geelong Football Club, Brian Cook, said Flanagan "was a great man and a great Geelong man (...) [who] loved the club and the people that made up the club".
This Australian rules football biography of a person born in the 1920s is a stub.