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27 de feb. de 2014 · Sir Tom Finney funeral: 'He was in love with the game. I adored him' - Bobby Charlton leads the tributes as thousands line the streets of Preston to pay respects to England legend.
modifier. Thomas Finney, né le 5 avril 1922 à Preston et mort le 14 février 2014, est un footballeur anglais. Il évolue au poste d' attaquant du milieu des années 1940 au début des années 1960 dans le club de Preston North End .
18 de feb. de 2014 · Tom rejoined North End at 24. Having taught himself to kick with either foot, and able to beat defenders as easily as England’s star winger Stanley Matthews did, Finney could and did play in any ...
Tom Finney nació el 5 de abril de 1922 en Preston, ciudad situada en el noroeste de Inglaterra, nació en una humilde familia trabajadora, su padre pronto lo introdujo en el oficio de la fontanería con el cual el mismo se ganaba la vida. El joven Tom compaginaba su duro trabajo arreglando fugas de agua con el fútbol a nivel amateur.
One year into his retirement from the game he cherished so fondly, a 39-year-old Tom Finney received an invitation from the Football Association in the spring of 1961 to manage, captain and play for an FA touring squad of the Far East, Australia and New Zealand. Gratefully accepting the dream trip to a host of exotic locations including Hong ...
Set an England scoring record with 30 goals. Was the first person to be voted ‘Footballer of the Year’ twice, in 1954 and 1957. Wrote two books – ‘Finney on Football’ and ‘Football Around The World’. Had a play written about his life that was performed in Preston. Won a Second Division Champions medal in 1950-1.
Local Hero. If great players are born, not created, then the genius inside Tom Finney’s frail frame stayed well-hidden as a schoolboy. The skinny little kid who kicked the toes out of his hand-me-down shoes on Preston’s Holme Slack playing fields was tricky enough. But as a 14-year-old, standing just 4ft 9in and weighing five stone, no-one ...
