Tommy Finn
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Full name | Thomas Finn | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | St Helens, England | 16 February 1934|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 21 May 2021[1] | (aged 87)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Scrum-half | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Thomas Finn (born rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s. He played at club level for St Helens R.F.C.,[2] Hull FC, as a scrum-half, i.e. number 7.
16 February 1934 - 21 May 2021) was a professionalPlaying career[]
Hull FC[]
Tommy Finn made his debut for Hull FC in December 1954
Challenge Cup Final appearances[]
He played scrum-half, and scored a try in Hull FC's 13-30 defeat by Wigan in the 1958–59 Challenge Cup Final during the 1958–59 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 9 May 1959, in front of a crowd of 79,811,[3] and played scrum-half in the 5-38 defeat by Wakefield Trinity in the 1959–60 Challenge Cup Final during the 1959–60 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 14 May 1960, in front of a crowd of 79,773.[4]
References[]
- ^ "Former Hull FC scrum-half Tommy Finn passes away". Hull Daily Mail. 21 May 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
- ^ "Tommy Finn". Saints Heritage Society. Retrieved 27 Aug 2020.
- ^ "1958-1959 Challenge Cup Final". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ "A complete history of Hull FC's Challenge Cup finals". Hull Daily Mail. 22 August 2013. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1934 births
- 2021 deaths
- English rugby league players
- Hull F.C. players
- Rugby league halfbacks
- Rugby league players from St Helens, Merseyside
- St Helens R.F.C. players