Template:Did you know nominations/Furlong Flynn

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The result was: promoted by Rlink2 (talk) 12:28, 30 August 2022 (UTC)

Furlong Flynn

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Flynn in 1926

To T:DYK

... that after playing professional football, Furlong Flynn (pictured) became an aviation pioneer? Source: UPI obit ("Furlong Flynn, 75, aviation pioneer") (for aviation pioneer part) and [1] for football part.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Henry Baylis

Moved to mainspace by BeanieFan11 (talk). Self-nominated at 23:50, 25 August 2022 (UTC).

New enough, long enough, and policy compliant. Earwig detects no issues. The hook is short enough, cited, and interesting (the unusual name plus success in two very different endeavors). QPQ complete. Photo is good and is Creative Commons licensed. Cbl62 (talk) 14:27, 26 August 2022 (UTC)