Tommy McHenry explained

Tommy McHenry
Fullname:James Thomas McHenry
Birth Date:2 June 1903
Birth Place:Broomfield, Victoria
Death Place:Sebastopol, Victoria
Height:168 cm
Weight:67 kg
Statsend:1926
Years1:1924
Club1:Footscray (VFA)
Games Goals1:9 (5)
Years2:1925–26
Games Goals2:21 (13)

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

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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Notes and References

  1. Holmesby & Main (2014), p.581.
  2. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12117493 Deaths: McHenry, The Argus, (Friday, 14 April 1939), p.10.