Carey Ernest Henley (September 24, 1936 – April 15, 2013) was an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...

player and coach. Henley was born on September 24, 1936, in

West Point, Mississippi West Point is a city in Clay County, Mississippi, United States, in the Golden Triangle region of the state. The population was 11,307 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Clay County and the principal city of the West Point Micropolitan ...

, where he graduated from West Point High School in 1955. He served two years in the

United States Marine Corps The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations through combi ...

, where he played football for

Camp LeJeune Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune () is a United States military training facility in Jacksonville, North Carolina. Its of beaches make the base a major area for amphibious assault training, and its location between two deep-water ports ( Wilming ...

. He attended the

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UT-Chattanooga, UTC, or Chattanooga) is a public university in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States. It was founded in 1886 and is one of four universities and two other affiliated institutions in the ...

, where he was captain of the

1961 Chattanooga Moccasins football team The 1961 Chattanooga Moccasins football team was an American football team that represented the University of Chattanooga (now known as the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga) during the 1961 NCAA College Division football season. In their 3 ...

. In 1962, he played in one game in the American Football League (AFL) for the Buffalo Bills on September 30 against the

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. Henley died on April 15, 2013. Henley earned a master's degree from

Middle Tennessee State University Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU or MT) is a public university in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Founded in 1911 as a normal school, the university consists of eight Undergraduate education, undergraduate colleges as well as a college of Postgr ...

. He worked for the public schools of

Chattanooga, Tennessee Chattanooga ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States. Located along the Tennessee River bordering Georgia, it also extends into Marion County on its western end. With a population of 181,099 in 2020 ...

for 30 years, coaching and teaching at Kirkman Technical High School, Brainerd High School and Tyner High School.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Henley, Carey 1936 births 2013 deaths American football halfbacks Buffalo Bills players Chattanooga Mocs football players High school football coaches in Tennessee Middle Tennessee State University alumni United States Marines People from West Point, Mississippi Coaches of American football from Mississippi Players of American football from Mississippi