Tony Henry (born 13 September 1979) is an English former professional

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who played as a defender.

Career

Born in London, Henry began his career in the youth team of West Ham United, where he spent two years as a professional without making a senior appearance. Henry began his senior career at Lincoln City, where he made 18 appearances in the Football League between 1999 and 2001. A broken foot sustained in a reserve team match at Wrexham in April 2000 kept Henry out of the Imps first team picture at the beginning of the 2000–2001 season and on 3 November 2000 he joined

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on loan in order to gain some first team football. He was one of six players released by

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at the end of the 2000–2001 season. He later played non-League football for

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, Welling United,

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, Erith & Belvedere and

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Henry, Tony 1979 births Living people English footballers West Ham United F.C. players Lincoln City F.C. players Northwich Victoria F.C. players Folkestone Invicta F.C. players Welling United F.C. players East Thurrock United F.C. players Erith & Belvedere F.C. players Dartford F.C. players English Football League players Association football defenders