Mike Flynn (basketball)

{{short description|American basketball player}}

{{other people|Michael Flynn}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Mike Flynn

| image =

| width =

| caption =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lb = 180

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|07|31}}

| birth_place = Casablanca, Morocco

| nationality = American

| high_school = Jeffersonville
(Jeffersonville, Indiana)

| college = Kentucky (1972–1975)

| draft_year = 1975

| draft_round = 7

| draft_pick = 113

| draft_team = Philadelphia 76ers

| career_start = 1975

| career_end = 1983

| career_number = 44

| career_position = Shooting guard / point guard

| years1 = 1975–{{nbay|1977|end}}

| team1 = Indiana Pacers

| years2 = 1980–1983

| team2 = Alviks BK

| highlights =

• First-team Parade All-American (1971)

| stats_league = ABA and NBA

| stat1label = Points

| stat1value = 1,317 (6.2 ppg)

| stat2label = Rebounds

| stat2value = 437 (2.1 rpg)

| stat3label = Assists

| stat3value = 454 (2.2 apg)

}}

Michael David Flynn (born July 31, 1953) is an American former professional basketball player. He played as a guard.

Flynn was born in Casablanca, Morocco but grew up in Jeffersonville, Indiana, USA. He attended Jeffersonville High School, where he was Indiana's Mr. Basketball and a Parade All-American in 1971. Flynn then played at the University of Kentucky, where he scored 835 points in three seasons and reached the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship in 1975 before losing to UCLA. During the late 1970s and early 1980s he competed professionally for the Indiana Pacers[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SZJBAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bakMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2296,3206242&dq=mike-flynn+6-foot-3&hl=en Indiana Pacers sign Mike Flynn to pact]". Harlan Daily Enterprise. July 2, 1975. and in Sweden.

Flynn was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in 2005.

Flynn also pitched in the Little League World Series in 1965 as a member of the George Rogers Clark All-Stars of Jeffersonville, IN.{{Citation needed|date=March 2009}}

Flynn has four children: three sons, and one daughter. B.J. and Michael Flynn played for the University of Louisville, while Marcus Flynn played for Bellarmine University.{{Citation needed|date=March 2009}}