Alan Henderson (rugby union)
| Full name | Alan Peter Henderson | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 26 May 1920 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Dartford, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 4 April 2003 (aged 82) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | North Yorkshire, England | ||||||||||||||||
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Alan Peter Henderson (26 May 1920 – 4 April 2003) was an English international rugby union player.
Born in Dartford, Kent, Henderson attended Taunton School and the University of Cambridge, gaining three blues. He was a specialist hooker. Other than varsity rugby, Henderson also played for Kent, Taunton and Richmond, as well as the Wanderers club in Edinburgh, where he was also a cricketer with Grange.[1][2] From 1947 to 1949, Henderson was capped nine times as an England hooker, before losing his place to John Steeds.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "Newcomers To Taunton Team". Taunton Courier and Western Advertiser. 26 October 1940.
- ^ "149 by Matthews at Raeburn Place". The Scotsman. 2 July 1951.
- ^ "Henderson Dropped From England XV". Edinburgh Evening News. 21 February 1949.
External links
- Alan Henderson at ESPNscrum (archive)