{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox AFL biography | name = Henry Whight | image = | fullname = Henry Francis Whight | birth_date = {{birth date|1882|03|11|df=y}} | birth_place = Cheltenham, Victoria | death_date = {{death date and age|1926|3|12|1882|3|11|df=yes}} | death_place = Heidelberg, Victoria | originalteam = Footscray (VFA) | height = <!-- ### cm --> | weight = <!-- ### kg --> | position = | statsend = 1904 | years1 = 1904 | club1 = {{AFL Car}} | games_goals1 = 7 (0) | careerhighlights = }} '''Henry Francis Whight''' (11 March 1882 – 12 March 1926)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3739768 |title=Family Notices. |newspaper=The Argus |location=Melbourne |date=13 March 1926 |accessdate=23 September 2014 |page=17 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).<ref name=encyc>{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2009 |edition=8th |isbn=978-1-921496-00-4 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria |page=882}}</ref>
==Family== The son of William Frederick Whight (1855–1938),<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article206949236 Deaths: Whight, ''The Age'', (Monday, 2 May 1938), p.18.]</ref> and Charlotte Eliza Whight (1858–1939), née Smith,<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12132872 Deaths: Whight, (Saturday, 27 May 1939), p.8.]</ref> Henry Francis Whight was born at Cheltenham, Victoria on 11 March 1882.
He married Agnes Janet Morton Addis (1883–1961) in 1905.
==Football== ===Footscray (VFA)=== ===Carlton (VFL)=== In June 1904 he was cleared from Footscray to Carlton.<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article201654693 Football, ''The Age'', (Thursday, 9 June 1904), p.8.]</ref>
===Williamstown (VFA)=== In May 1905 he was cleared from Carlton to Yarraville Britannia.<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article198594959 Football, ''The Age''], Friday, 5 May 1905, p.8.</ref>
In May 1906 he was cleared from Carlton to Williamstown.<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article189363599 Football, ''The Age'', (Friday, 4 May 1906), p.8.]</ref>
==Death== He died at the Austin Hospital, Heidelberg on 12 March 1926.<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3739768 Deaths: Whight, ''The Argus'', (Saturday, 13 March 1926.]</ref>
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== External links == * {{AFL Tables | H/Henry_Whight }} * {{AustralianFootball|ref=henry%2Bwhight/1842}} * [http://www.blueseum.org/tiki-index.php?page=Henry+Whight Henry Whight's profile] at Blueseum * [http://www.thevfaproject.org/pages/Players/Whight,_Henry.php Henry Whight, at ''The VFA Project''.]
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