| Full name | John Frank Finlan | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1941-09-09)9 September 1941 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Warwick, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 7 August 2023(2023-08-07) (aged 81) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Lower Quinton, England | ||||||||||||||||
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John Frank Finlan (9 September 1941 – 7 August 2023) was an Englishrugby union international.[1]
Finlan was born inWarwick and attendedSaltley Grammar School.[2]
A fly-half, Finlan representedEngland from 1967 to 1973, gaining a total of 13 caps. He was a Moseley player during his international career but earlier competed for Coventry and Old Saltleians.[3] Only the secondNorth Midlands player to be capped by England, he also had the distinction of setting a new appearance record for the county team in 1973.[4]