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Sir Thomas Finney CBE (5 April 1922 – 14 February 2014) was an English international footballer who played from 1946 to 1960 as a winger or centre forward for Preston North End and England. He is widely acknowledged to have been one of England’s greatest-ever players. He was noted for his loyalty to Preston, for whom he made 433 Football League and 39 FA Cup appearances, scoring a total of 210 goals. He played for England 76 times, scoring 30 goals.
Finney made his international debut for England on 28 September 1946, only four weeks after his Football League debut. The match was at Windsor Park against Ireland in the Home Championship. Finney scored once in England’s 7–2 victory. He later said the match was his “proudest day as a footballer”.
Finney won 76 caps and scored 30 goals in an England career that spanned twelve years and included 51 victories.[citation needed] He scored his 29th international goal in June 1958 against the Soviet Union to become joint England all-time top-scorer, sharing the record with Vivian Woodward and Nat Lofthouse.[citation needed] In October the same year, he netted his 30th goal, against Northern Ireland, to become the sole holder of the record.[citation needed] Two weeks later, Lofthouse equalled his tally. Both were surpassed by Bobby Charlton in October 1963. Finney made his final appearance for England in October 1958, in a 5–0 win over the Soviet Union at Wembley.
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- Full Name: Thomas Finney
- Position: Forward
- Date of Birth: 05.04.1922
- Birthplace: Preston
- Nation: England
- Caps: 76
- Goals: 30
- Club Career: Preston North End
- Period: 1940-1960
- League Games, 433
- League Goals, 187
- Previous Club: –
- Transfer Fee: –
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