Tommy McHenry

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Tommy McHenry
Personal information
Full name James Thomas McHenry
Date of birth (1903-06-02)2 June 1903
Place of birth Broomfield, Victoria
Date of death 7 May 1972(1972-05-07) (aged 68)
Place of death Sebastopol, Victoria
Height 168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 67 kg (148 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1924 Footscray (VFA) 09 0(5)
1925–26 Footscray 21 (13)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1926.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

James Thomas McHenry (2 June 1903 – 7 May 1972) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in both the Victorian Football Association (VFA) and Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Family[edit]

The son of James Herbert McHenry (1880-1955), and Elsie Mary McHenry (1882-1980), née Reardon, James Thomas McHenry was born at Broomfield, Victoria on 2 June 1903.

He married Julia Winifred Voisey (1907-1939) in 1933.[2]

Tommy's younger brother, Allan Douglas McHenry (1904-1980), married Brownlow Medallist and co-player, Allan Hopkins', sister Gertrude Selina Hopkins (1906-1983) in 1933, making Tommy and Hopkins indirect in-laws.

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References[edit]

  • Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.

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