Henning Enoksen (26 September 1935 – 25 September 2016) was a Danish

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 most prominently won a

silver medal A silver medal, in sports and other similar areas involving competition, is a medal made of, or plated with, silver awarded to the second-place finisher, or runner-up, of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, ...

with the Denmark national team at the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad () and commonly known as Rome 1960 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 25 August to 11 September 1960 in Rome, Italy. Rome had previously been awar ...

. He played a total of 54 national team games and scored 29 goals from 1958 to 1966, and also played for the Denmark U21 national team. Among other clubs, he played for

Vejle Boldklub Vejle Boldklub is a Danish professional football club based in Vejle in Jutland. Formed in 1891, the club is one of the most successful clubs in Danish football history, having won the Danish championship five times and the Danish cup title six ...

and

AGF Aarhus Aarhus Gymnastikforening (; commonly known as AGF ) is a professional sports club based in Aarhus, Jutland, Denmark. Founded in 1880, it is one of the oldest clubs in the country where gymnastics and fencing were featured as its main sports. How ...

in Denmark.

Honours

Vejle BK *

Danish 1st Division The 1st Division (''1. Division'') is the second-highest football league in Denmark, also known as NordicBet Liga for sponsorship reasons. From 1945 to 1991, the 1. Division was the name of the highest level of football in Denmark. With the for ...

1958 Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the thir ...

Danish Cup The Danish Cup (; often referred to as Pokalen) is the official "single-elimination tournament, knockout" cup competition in Danish football, run by the Danish Football Association. The cup has been contested annually since 1955. The winner will ...

: 1957–58, 1958–59 Aarhus GF * Danish Cup: 1964–65 Individual * Danish 1st Division topscorer:

1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Janu ...

1966 Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...

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Vejle Boldklub profile
1935 births 2016 deaths Danish men's footballers Men's association football forwards Denmark men's under-21 international footballers Denmark men's international footballers Danish football managers Silkeborg IF players Vejle Boldklub players Aarhus Gymnastikforening players Footballers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Denmark Olympic silver medalists for Denmark Iceland national football team managers Olympic medalists in football Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Danish expatriate football managers Danish expatriate sportspeople in Iceland Expatriate football managers in Iceland 20th-century Danish sportsmen {{Denmark-Olympic-medalist-stub