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Charles Henry Henke, 81, of Concordia, Mo., passed away on Feb. 3, 2021.
Charlie was born Oct. 10, 1939, to Maurice Dink Henke and Gertrude Neal Henke on Jefferson Street in Marshall, Mo. Charlie was raised in Malta Bend, Mo., where he played basketball and graduated from Malta Bend High School in 1957.
Charlie attended the University of Missouri-Columbia and graduated in 1961 from the School of Wildlife Biology. He had a legendary basketball career at Mizzou, earning All-Big Eight honors in 1960 and 1961 and All-American status in 1961. He was inducted into the Mystical Seven in 1960. He still holds the number 2 spot on the all-time season scoring average at 24.6 points per game, which was set in 1961.