Tom Finney was an English footballer, famous for his loyalty to his league club, Preston North End for whom he made 569 first class appearances, and for his performances in the English national side.

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Finney was President of Kendal Town. For his charitable work, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1961 New Year Honours and a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1992 New Year Honours and was knighted in the 1998 New Year Honours.

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Proud of his Prestonian roots and proud to play his entire professional career with his home town club, the man known as ‘The Preston Plumber’ will probably never be surpassed in the position of Preston North End’s greatest player of all time.

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