Birth Date: | c. 1912 |
Birth Place: | Florida, U.S. |
Death Date: | June 1968 |
Death Place: | Gainesville, Florida, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Team2: | Florida |
Player Years2: | 1930–1932 |
Player Positions: | End (football) |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1939–1941 |
Coach Team2: | Hillsborough High |
Coach Team3: | Florida (assistant) |
Coach Years3: | ? |
Coach Sport4: | Basketball |
Coach Team5: | Florida |
Coach Years5: | 1942–1943 |
Coach Team6: | Florida |
Coach Years6: | 1944–1946 |
Henry Spurgeon Cherry Jr. (c. 1912 – June 1968) was an American football and basketball player and coach for the Florida Gators; the first chairman of the Department of Intramural Athletics and Recreation at the University of Florida, in 1946.[1] He played as an end on the football team for coach Charlie Bachman from 1930 to 1932.[2] Cherry coached the Gators basketball team in the 1940s. Cherry was coach of the Hillsborough High Terriers football team from 1939 to 1941.[3]