Whittier College

1893-1956

Regarded as one of Whittier College’s greatest All Around Athletes

• Finch was outstanding in four sports

• Won four varsity letters in football, 1913-1916

• He was named to the All-Conference Team Four successive years at fullback

• In 1916 he was named to the All California Football Team

• Won Varsity Letters in Basketball, 1916-1917

• Lettered in baseball, 1915-1917

• Earned Varsity Track and Field Letters 1916-1917

• He was elected Athlete of the Year 1916 by The Helms Athletic Foundation 

• Received His Degree From U.S.C

• Ten years after leaving Whittier, Finch played on the First Professional Football Team in Los Angeles, Joining Brick Muller’s All Star Squad.