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{{Short description|American gridiron football player (born 1935)}}
{{BLP sources|date=October 2023}}
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{{Infobox Canadian Football League biography
| name = Garney Henley
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| import = yes
| position1 = Wide receiver
| position2 = Defensive back
| number = 26
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1935|12|21}}
| birth_place = [[Elgin, North Dakota]], U.S.
| high_school = Hayti (SD)
| College = [[Huron University|Huron]]
| Height_ft = 6
| Height_in = 0
| Weight_lbs = 180
| NFLDraftedYear = 1960
| NFLDraftedRound = 15
| NFLDraftedPick = 173
| NFLDraftedTeam = [[Green Bay Packers]]
| AFLDraftedYear = 1960
| AFLDraftedRound = Second Selections
| AFLDraftedTeam = [[New York Jets|New York Titans]]
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| playing_years1 = {{CFL Year|1960}}–{{CFL Year|1975}}
| playing_team1 = [[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]]
| career_highlights = * 4× Grey Cup champion (1963, 1965, 1967, 1972)
* played in 7 Grey Cup games (1961–1965, 1967, 1972)
| CFLAllStar = {{CFL Year|1963}}–{{CFL Year|1972}}
| CFLEastAllStar = {{CFL Year|1963}}–{{CFL Year|1972}}
| Awards = * [[CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award]] ({{CFL Year|1972}})
* 2× [[Jeff Russel Memorial Trophy]] ({{CFL Year|1963}}, {{CFL Year|1972}})
| Honours = * Tiger-Cats' Best-of-the-Century Team (1967)
* [[University of Guelph]] Athletics Hall of Fame
* [[Ontario Sports Hall of Fame]] (2015)
* South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame
* South Dakota Hall of Fame
| Records = 
| CFHOF = garney-henley
| CFHOFYear = 1979
| CollegeHOF = 2117
| CollegeHOFYear = 2004
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'''Garney Henley''' (born December 21, 1935) is an American former [[American football|professional football player]] who played in the [[Canadian Football League]] (CFL).

==College career==
Henley was born on December 21, 1935, in [[Elgin, North Dakota]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Garney Henley (2004) - Hall of Fame |url=https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx?hof=2117 |access-date=2025-05-25 |website=National Football Foundation |language=en}}</ref> His family moved to [[Hayti, South Dakota]] when he was a child. Henley attended [[Huron University|Huron College]] in [[South Dakota]], where he was a Dean's List honors student<ref>{{Cite web |title=Garney Henley |url=https://news.prairiepublic.org/show/dakota-datebook-archive/2022-05-21/garney-henley |access-date=2025-05-25 |website=Prairie Public |language=en}}</ref> and played as a running back from 1956 to 1959 on the varsity football team.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Legacy Garney Henley - SD Hall of Fame Programs |url=https://sdexcellence.org/Garney_Henley_1979 |access-date=2025-05-25 |website=sdexcellence.org}}</ref>

In 1959, Henley broke First Team [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics|NAIA]] All-America records with 394 points and more than 4,000 rushing yards.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2004-05-11 |title=2004 Hall of Fame Divisional Class Announced |url=https://footballfoundation.org/news/2004/5/11/_52185.aspx |access-date=2025-05-25 |website=National Football Foundation |language=en}}</ref>

==CFL career==
Henley was drafted in 1960 by the [[NFL]]'s [[Green Bay Packers]] in the 15th round (173rd overall), but was traded to the [[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]] in Ontario, Canada. 

As a defensive back, Henley intercepted 59 passes for 916 yards and 5 touchdowns, and was selected as an All Star nine times. Following Henley's transition into an offensive player, he was an All Star for the 10th time in 1972 as a wide receiver. Henley won the [[CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award]] in 1972 in which the Tiger-Cats won the [[Grey Cup]] at their home field, [[Ivor Wynne Stadium]], in [[Hamilton, Ontario]]. In 2025, his number 26 was retired by the Tiger-Cats. 

He played in 7 [[Grey Cup]] games, winning 4: the [[51st Grey Cup]] of 1963, the [[53rd Grey Cup]] of 1965 (the so-called 'Wind Bowl'),  the [[55th Grey Cup]] of 1967, and the [[60th Grey Cup]] of 1972, losing 3: the [[49th Grey Cup]] of 1961, the [[50th Grey Cup]] of 1962, and the [[52nd Grey Cup]] of 1964.

==Post-football career==
While still playing football in Hamilton, Henley was hired at the [[University of Guelph]] by athletic director Bill Mitchell. Henley served as the assistant athletic director, advisor to the football team and taught in the Physical Education program. He also took over the Gryphon Basketball program. In 1973–74, Henley coached the team to its first [[Canadian Interuniversity Sport|CIAU]] national championship.

Henley became the athletic director and coach at [[Mount Allison University]] in [[New Brunswick]], and [[Brock University]] in [[Ontario]]. From 1989 to 1993, Henley was hired as defense coach with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. He coached the Tiger-Cats to the 1989 [[Grey Cup]], losing to the [[Saskatchewan Roughriders]] 40-43.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-18 |title=Robservations: The Riders’ overlooked Grey Cup quarterback … the better-known “Little General” … Grey Cup bookends … here’s to George and Hugh … happy birthday, Don McDougall! |url=https://www.riderville.com/2023/11/18/robservations-the-riders-overlooked-grey-cup-quarterback-the-better-known-little-general-grey-cup-bookends-heres-to-george-and-hugh/ |access-date=2025-05-25 |website=Saskatchewan Roughriders |language=en}}</ref> From 1995 to 1996, he served as the Director of Football Operations for the [[Ottawa Rough Riders]], where his teams had a combined 6–30 record.  In 1996, Henley moved back to his home state of South Dakota after 36 years in Canada. He finished his career as an athletic director at his alma mater, [[Huron University]]. After Huron University closed, Henley became General Manager for Professional Transportation Inc., transporting railroad engineers and conductors. He retired in 2013.

Henley was inducted into the [[Canadian Football Hall of Fame]] in 1979, the University of Guelph Athletics Hall of Fame on October 4, 1985, the [[College Football Hall of Fame]] in 2004, and the [[Ontario Sports Hall of Fame]] in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://oshof.ca/index.php/component/k2/item/211-garney-henley |title=Garney Henley |website=[[oshof.ca]] |access-date=2016-04-07 |archive-date=2016-04-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418095759/http://oshof.ca/index.php/component/k2/item/211-garney-henley |url-status=dead}}</ref> Henley was voted [[TSN Top 50 CFL Players|the sixth greatest CFL player]] in a poll conducted by Canadian sports network [[TSN Radio|TSN]] in 2006.

==External links==
*[https://www.youtube.com/user/CFHOFandM?blend=9&ob=5#p/search/0/nzPlJpt9pBU Canadian Football Hall of Famer]
*{{YouTube|Qj8t8zjZJnY|Entire 1967 Grey Cup game victory}}

==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite news |url=https://www.cfl.ca/article/retro-ticat-great-garney-henley |title=Retro: Ticat great Garney Henley |last=Christie |first=Alan |date=July 14, 2009 |publisher=CFL.ca |access-date=August 28, 2017 |archive-date=July 28, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120728224407/http://www.cfl.ca/article/retro-ticat-great-garney-henley |url-status=dead }}

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