Gerry Henry (5 October 1920 – 1979) was a professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played for

Leeds United Leeds United Football Club is a professional football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The team compete in the Premier League, the top tier of the English football league system. Leeds United have won the League Championship th ...

, Bradford Park Avenue,

Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday Football Club is a professional association football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. They compete in the EFL Championship, the second level of the English football league system. Formed in 1867 as an off ...

and Halifax Town. Henry played for Yorkshire Schools in 1934 and went on to join Leeds United as a seventeen year old from local junior side Outwood Stormcocks. He made a couple of appearances for Leeds United before

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interrupted his professional football career. Henry continued playing for the Leeds United throughout the war in the Wartime League. He played 168 times in Wartime League games, scoring an impressive 93 goals, and scored 1 goal in 3 appearances in the Football League War Cup for Leeds. Henry holds the record for most wartime appearances for the club by an individual player. Wartime appearances and goals are typically not acknowledged as counting for career goals and appearance. Henry is one of only around 70 players that have made over 200 appearances for Leeds United if his wartime games are taken into account. Henry later became player-coach at Halifax and then had a spell as player-manager 27 February 1952 until 15 October 1954. He ceased playing in June 1953.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Henry, Gerry 1920 births 1979 deaths English men's footballers English football managers English Football League players Men's association football forwards Leeds United F.C. players Leeds United F.C. wartime guest players Bradford (Park Avenue) A.F.C. players Sheffield Wednesday F.C. players Halifax Town A.F.C. players Halifax Town A.F.C. managers Huddersfield Town A.F.C. wartime guest players Footballers from Hemsworth 20th-century English sportsmen