Errol Flynn to Marelle. Flynn described his mother's family as ""seafaring folk"" and this appears to be where his lifelong interest in boats and the sea originated. Both of his parents were Australian-born of Irish, English, and Scottish descent. Despite Flynn's claims, the evidence indicates that he was not descended from any of the Bounty mutineers. Flynn received his early schooling in Hobart. He made one of his first appearances as a performer in 1918, aged nine, when he served as a page boy to Enid Lyons in a queen carnival. In her memoirs, Lyons recalled Flynn as "a dashing figure –
Brendan Flynn Director for Triathlon Australia. Brendan Flynn Brendan Flynn (born 30 December 1953) was an Olympic women's basketball coach and Australian sports administrator. Flynn was a leading women's basketball coach in South Australia in the late 1970s. He was appointed the Australian women's national basketball team (Opals) Head Coach in 1981, a position which he held until 1984. At the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games, he coached the team to fifth position. From 1982 to 1985, he was Women's Head Coach of the Australian Institute of Sport basketball program. He coached the team to third place in the 1983 Women's National