Jock Finlay should not be confused with John Findlay (footballer).
| Jock Finlay | |
| Fullname: | John Finlay |
| Height: | [1] |
| Birth Date: | 19 October 1882[2] |
| Birth Place: | Kilmarnock, Scotland |
| Death Place: | Newcastle upon Tyne, England |
| Years1: | – |
| Clubs1: | Kilmarnock Shawbank |
| Years2: | 1903–1904 |
| Caps2: | 1 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 1904–1909 |
| Clubs3: | Airdrieonians |
| Caps3: | 151 |
| Goals3: | 10 |
| Years4: | 1909–1924 |
| Clubs4: | Newcastle United |
| Caps4: | 153 |
| Goals4: | 8 |
| Years5: | – |
| Totalcaps: | 305 |
| Totalgoals: | 18 |
| Nationalyears1: | 1909 |
| Nationalteam1: | Scottish League XI |
| Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
John Finlay (19 October 1882 – 31 March 1933) was a Scottish footballer who played as a left half for Rangers (where he played only once in the Scottish Football League in his first season as a professional),[3] Airdrieonians (where he became an established top division regular over five years),[4] and Newcastle United[5] [6] (where he was registered as a player for 15 years, though World War I interrupted his career and the last few seasons involved only a handful of appearances – by then he was also working as a trainer for the club, a position he held until 1930).[7]
Finlay was selected once for the Scottish Football League XI in 1909,[8] and in 1920 played in the Home Scots v Anglo-Scots international trial match,[9] but he never received a full cap for Scotland.