Career
He also played in the All-America Football Conference for the Los Angeles Dons. Henke played college football at the University of Southern California and was drafted in the thirteenth round of the 1949 NFL Draft by the Washington Redskins. Henke also played three season in the Western Interprovincial Football Union with the Calgary Stampeders and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, being named an All Star in 1950 and 1954.