Tom Finlay

For other people named Thomas Finlay, see Thomas Finlay (disambiguation).

Thomas P. Finlay (1897 – 6 September 1967) was an Irish hurler who played as a wing-back for the Laois senior team.

Tom Finlay

Personal information
Sport	Hurling
Position	Wing-back
Born	1897 Ballygeehan, County Laois, Ireland
Died	6 September 1967 (aged 70) St Stephen's Green, Dublin, Ireland
Occupation	Army officer
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Ballygeehan
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
	Laois Dublin
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles	3
All-Irelands	2

Regarded as one of Laois's greatest-ever players, Finlay played during the county's most successful period from 1914 to 1915 before later lining out for Dublin. During his inter-county career he won two All-Ireland medals and three Leinster medals. Finlay was an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion.^[1][2]

At club level Finlay won several county club championship medals with Ballygeehan.^{[citation needed]}

His brother, Jack Finlay, was also an All-Ireland medalist with Laois.^{[citation needed]}