page_title: Tom Finney
section_title: The Splash
hierarchical_section_title: Tom Finney / The Splash
caption_attribution_description: Statue recreating the famous Tom Finney "Splash" photo outside the new National Football Museum, Preston, UK.
context_page_description: Sir Thomas Finney CBE was an English footballer who played from 1946 to 1960 as an outside left for Preston North End and England. He is widely acknowledged to have been one of the sport's greatest-ever players. He was noted for his loyalty to Preston, for whom he made 569 first-class appearances, and for many outstanding performances in international matches.
  In later life, Finney was Club President of both Preston and of non-league Kendal Town F.C. For his charitable work, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1961 New Year Honours and a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1992 New Year Honours and was knighted in the 1998 New Year Honours.
context_section_description: On 31 July 2004, Finney unveiled the water feature sculpture The Splash, by sculptor Peter Hodgkinson, outside Deepdale stadium which at that time housed The National Football Museum. The sculpture was inspired by the 1956 Sports Photograph of the Year which shows Finney beating two Chelsea defenders at a waterlogged Stamford Bridge, which was taken on 25 August 1956 by photographer John Horton. The museum has moved to Manchester but the statue remains at Deepdale.
caption: The Splash sculpture outside the old National Football Museum in Preston
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