Flynn James Robinson (April 28, 1941 – May 23, 2013) was an American professional basketball player.
The 15th pick in the 1965 NBA draft, Robinson made his NBA debut with the Cincinnati Royals in 1966.
Later, Robinson played for the Chicago Bulls and Milwaukee Bucks. The Bucks' play-by-play radio announcer, Eddie Doucette, called Flynn the "Electric Eye".
In the 1969–70 season with Milwaukee, Robinson averaged a career high 21.8 points per game and was selected to the 1970 NBA All-Star Game, the only All-Star game he would play in. He also led the NBA in free throw percentage that season.
Traded to Los Angeles in 1971 from the Cincinnati Royals, Robinson was a reserve guard behind Jerry West and Gail Goodrich for the Los Angeles Lakers team that won a league-record 33 consecutive games and later won an NBA championship with the team in 1972, playing on what has been considered one of the NBA's Top Ten Teams of all time. When he joined the Lakers, their radio broadcaster, Chick Hearn, called Flynn "Instant Points".
In January 2005, Robinson was named to Wyoming's All-Century Team.
In 2012, while living in the Los Angeles area, Robinson again was honored with his surviving teammates at the 40th Year Celebration of the 1972 NBA Champion Lakers, who continue to hold the Historic 33-Games Win Streak, a long-standing pro sports record. The Lakers presented Flynn and each surviving team member with a huge expensive Diamond Cluster Ring.
In his 50s and 60s, Flynn played basketball at the Senior Olympics level. The Electric Eye Helped Put Milwaukee on the Map | Milwaukee Bucks
1966–67 | Cincinnati | 76 | 15.0 | .457 | – | .779 | 1.8 | 1.4 | – | – | 8.8 |
1967–68 | Cincinnati | 2 | 8.0 | .300 | – | .429 | 2.0 | 2.5 | – | – | 4.5 |
1967–68 | Chicago | 73 | 27.8 | .441 | – | .828 | 3.7 | 2.9 | – | – | 16.0 |
1968–69 | Chicago | 18 | 30.6 | .423 | – | .833 | 3.8 | 3.2 | – | – | 19.1 |
1968–69 | Milwaukee | 65 | 31.8 | .436 | – | .841 | 3.6 | 4.9 | – | – | 20.3 |
1969–70 | Milwaukee | 81 | 34.1 | .477 | – | .898* | 3.2 | 5.5 | – | – | 21.8 |
1970–71 | Cincinnati | 71 | 19.3 | .458 | – | .855 | 2.0 | 1.9 | – | – | 13.3 |
1971–72† | L.A. Lakers | 64 | 15.7 | .490 | – | .860 | 1.8 | 2.2 | – | – | 9.9 |
1972–73 | L.A. Lakers | 6 | 7.8 | .500 | – | .750 | 1.2 | 1.3 | – | – | 5.7 |
1972–73 | Baltimore | 38 | 15.3 | .458 | – | .839 | 1.4 | 2.0 | – | – | 6.9 |
1973–74 | San Diego(ABA) | 49 | 15.9 | .457 | .267 | .765 | 1.6 | 2.3 | .5 | .0 | 8.8 |
Career | 543 | 22.7 | .456 | .267 | .846 | 2.5 | 3.0 | .5 | .0 | 14.0 | |
All-Star | 1 | 8.0 | .750 | – | – | 1.0 | 2.0 | – | – | 6.0 |
1967 | Cincinnati | 4 | 18.0 | .511 | .500 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 12.5 |
1968 | Chicago | 5 | 36.0 | .429 | .708 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 20.2 |
1970 | Milwaukee | 10 | 30.0 | .326 | .880 | 2.3 | 5.0 | 12.8 |
1972† | L.A. Lakers | 7 | 10.3 | .463 | .700 | 1.9 | .7 | 6.4 |
1973 | Baltimore | 1 | 2.0 | .667 | – | 1.0 | .0 | 4.0 |
Career | 27 | 23.2 | .406 | .795 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 12.1 |
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