Tom Finlay

{{short description|Irish hurler}}

{{other people|Thomas Finlay}}

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|county = Laois

|province = Leinster

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|club = Ballygeehan

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|birth_date = 1897

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|death_date = 6 September 1967 (aged 70)

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

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.{{cite news|url=http://www.hoganstand.com/laois/Profile.aspx|title=Laois roll of honour|publisher=Hogan Stand website|accessdate=29 December 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140805031626/http://www.hoganstand.com/Laois/Profile.aspx|archivedate=5 August 2014}}{{cite news|url=http://www.hoganstand.com/dublin/Profile.aspx|title=Dublin roll of honour|publisher=Hogan Stand website|accessdate=29 December 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100409101228/http://www.hoganstand.com/Dublin/Profile.aspx|archivedate=9 April 2010}}

At club level Finlay won several county club championship medals with Ballygeehan.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}

His brother, Jack Finlay, was also an All-Ireland medalist with Laois.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}