Ern Henfry
| Ern Henfry | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Ernest Edgar Henfry | ||
| Date of birth | 24 July 1921 | ||
| Date of death | 14 January 2007 (aged 85) | ||
| Height / weight | 183 cm / 83 kg | ||
| Position(s) | Centre | ||
| Playing career | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1937–1943; | Perth | 85 (86) | |
| 1944–1952 | Carlton | 84 (20) | |
| Representative team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| 1939 | Western Australia | 2 (2) | |
| 1949 | Victoria | 2 (?) | |
| Coaching career | |||
| Years | Club | Games (W–L–D) | |
| 1953–1964 | Perth | 242 (139–103–0) | |
| 1956–1957 | Western Australia | 6 (3–3–0) | |
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Ernest Edgar "Ern" Henfry (24 July 1921 – 14 January 2007) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Perth in the Western Australian National Football League (WANFL) and Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He later served as coach of Perth, and also coached Western Australia, having previously played at state level for both WA and Victoria. He was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2014.
Henfry made his senior debut for Perth during the 1937 season, aged 16 years and 49 days, with only seven other players known to have debuted at a younger age. He played twice at state level during the 1939 season, at the age of 17, and then finished second to Haydn Bunton in the 1941 Sandover Medal. During the Second World War, Henfry served in the Australian Defence Force (ADF), initially as a private in the Australian Army, and then as a flight lieutenant in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). While training in Sydney, he played for a RAAF team in the New South Wales Australian National Football League (NSWANFL), which included several VFL and SANFL players, including Footscray captain Alby Morrison. In 1944, while based in Victoria, he played two games for Carlton. When the war ended, he remained in Victoria, and Carlton requested a clearance from Perth to enable him to play for them. He was forced to sit out the 1946 season as Perth did not agree to a clearance, but was then able to captain Carlton for the 1947 season. It was a successful year, with Carlton defeating Essendon in a one-point thriller in the Grand Final. The season was capped off when he shared Carlton's best and fairest award with his close friend Bert Deacon, who also won the Brownlow Medal that year, Carlton's first. Henfry placed fourth in the Brownlow count. In 1949, after some controversy, he captained Victoria against Western Australia, being only the second man to represent Victoria after first representing Western Australia.
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