{{short description|Irish hurler}} {{other people|Thomas Finlay}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=December 2020}} {{Infobox Gaelic Athletic Association player |image = |name = Tom Finlay |irish = |nickname = |height = |occupation = Army officer |sport = Hurling |code = Hurling |county = Laois |province = Leinster |clposition = Centre-back |club = Ballygeehan |clyears = |clapps(points) = |clcounty = |clprovince = |clubs = Ballygeehan |counties = Laois<br>Dublin |icposition = Wing-back |icyears = |icapps(points) = |icprovince = 3 |icallireland = 2 |allstars = |icupdate = |clupdate = |birth_date = 1897 |birth_place = Ballygeehan, County Laois, Ireland |death_date = 6 September 1967 (aged 70) |death_place = St Stephen's Green, Dublin, Ireland }} '''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.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
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}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Laois Hurling Team 1915}} {{Dublin Hurling Team 1924}}
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