Carl J. Henry (born August 16, 1960) is an American former professional

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player. He was a 6'6", 205 lb

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. Born in

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, Henry attended and played collegiately at both the

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and

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. Henry led Kansas in scoring in both 1982–83 and 1983–84, averaging 16.8 points per game as a junior, and 17.4 points per game in his senior season. He was selected with the tenth pick of the 4th round (80th overall) in the 1984 National Basketball Association Draft by the

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. His NBA career lasted 28 games with the

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in 1985–86 (by then the franchise had relocated from

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). Henry last played basketball in 1993 for Bobcat Gent in Belgium. Henry then became an AAU basketball coach and a personal trainer for pro-basketball prospects. Carl's son

Xavier Henry Xavier Henry (; born March 15, 1991) is an American former professional basketball player. He played one year of college basketball with the Kansas Jayhawks before he was drafted in the 2010 NBA draft by the Memphis Grizzlies. Henry's brother, ...

was the 12th pick in the

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. His other son,

C. J. Henry Carl Joshua Henry, Jr. (born May 31, 1986) is an American former basketball and professional baseball player. Henry played in minor league baseball, minor and independent baseball and in college for the Southern Nazarene University men's basketb ...

, played for the University of Kansas's basketball team after transferring from Memphis and is a former minor league prospect for the

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.C. J. Henry
. gotigersgo.cstv.com. Retrieved on March 21, 2009. Carl's wife attended Kansas as a student-athlete for the women's basketball team.

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