:Hank Autry

{{Short description|American football player (1947–2014)}}

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| number = 61

| position = Center

| birth_date = {{birth date|1947|05|2}}

| birth_place = Hattiesburg, Mississippi, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2014|01|28|1947|05|2}}

| death_place =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 3

| weight_lbs = 240

| high_school = Hattiesburg (MS)

| college = Southern Miss

| draftyear = 1969

| draftround = 17

| draftpick = 430

| undraftedyear =

| pastteams =

• Houston Oilers (1969–1970)

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 28

| statlabel2 = Fumble recoveries

| statvalue2 = 1

| pfr = AutrHa20

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Melvin Henry Autry (May 2, 1947 – January 28, 2014) was an American professional football player in the American Football League (AFL) and the National Football League (NFL).{{cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-25031345.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329162227/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-25031345.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 March 2015|title=Role-Playing Northwestern's Aurty shines in football, but he's shooting for another kind of star|work=Daily News (Los Angeles)|via=Highbeam|date=27 December 1995|accessdate=3 February 2015}} He played college football at University of Southern Mississippi, where he was a center. Autry played in the AFL for the Houston Oilers in 1969 and the NFL's Oilers in 1970. He died in 2014 at the age of 66.{{cite web|url=https://www.khou.com/article/news/former-oiler-hank-autry-passes-away-at-66/285-258998569|title=Former Oiler Hank Autry passes away at 66|date=January 28, 2014 |publisher=KHOU 11|access-date=January 28, 2014}}