Wally Henry (born May 5, 1947, in

Portage la Prairie Portage la Prairie () is a small city in the Central Plains Region of Manitoba, Canada. As of 2016, the population was 13,304 and the land area of the city was . Portage la Prairie is approximately west of Winnipeg, along the Trans-Canada Hi ...

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) is an American curler and curling

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. He is a and and a two times United States men's curling champion (1986, 1991). He worked as a national coach for

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Awards

*USA Curling Coach of the Year: 2007

Teams

Record as a coach of national teams

Personal life

His daughter

Debbie McCormick Deborah McCormick ( Henry, born January 8, 1974) is an American curler from Rio, Wisconsin. Although born in Canada, McCormick moved to Madison, Wisconsin when she was very young. McCormick is a World Champion and four-time Olympian. Career ...

is World and US curling champion, and his son Donnie Henry is a curler too. Wally Henry started curling in 1955, when he was 8 years old.

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* * * Video: Living people 1947 births People from Portage la Prairie Sportspeople from Madison, Wisconsin American male curlers American curling champions American curling coaches Canadian emigrants to the United States {{US-curling-bio-stub