Chris Flynn

Chris Flynn (born November 17, 1966) is a Canadian former football player. He played CIAU football for the Saint Mary's Huskies as a quarterback, and is the only player to win the Hec Crighton Trophy three times.

Early life Chris Flynn was born on November 17, 1966, in Ottawa, Ontario. He played quarterback for the Saint Mary's Huskies from 1987 to 1990 and was a three-time All-Canadian. He is the only player to win the Hec Crighton Trophy three times as the most valuable player in Canadian university football.

Professional career Flynn was selected by the Ottawa Rough Riders in the fifth round, with the 35th overall pick, of the 1991 CFL draft. inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 2011, and inducted into the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame in 2015. He was voted in a Sportsnet poll as the #1 university football player of the past 50 years. In 2019, Flynn's #1 jersey was the first jersey retired in the 217-year history of Saint Mary's University. In 2021, TSN's Gridiron Nation show voted Flynn as the all-time "Great Canadian Goat" in Canadian University football history.

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.