Henry Cole (basketball)

{{short description|American basketball player and coach}}

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| alma_mater = Trinity (1921)

| player_sport1 = Basketball

| player_years2 = 1918–1920

| player_team2 = Trinity

| player_positions = Forward

| coach_sport1 = Basketball

| coach_years2 = 1918–1919

| coach_team2 = Trinity

| overall_record = 6–5

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Henry Puryear Cole was an American basketball player and coach. He played for the Trinity Blue and White (now the Duke Blue Devils) from 1918 to 1920, serving as the team's player-coach in the 1918–19 season. Heart trouble led to Cole quitting basketball in 1920.{{cite book|last1=Roth|first1=John|title=The Encyclopedia of Duke Basketball|date=2006|publisher=Duke University Press|isbn=978-0-822-33904-5|page=143}}