John Gillespie Henderson was a Scottish international footballer who played as a forward in the English Football League for Portsmouth, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Arsenal and Fulham.
14 Facts About Jackie Henderson
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Jackie Henderson was born in Glasgow in 1932, and started playing football as a youth with his Bishopbriggs-based church team and for Kirkintilloch Boys Club.
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Jackie Henderson signed for Portsmouth as a 17-year-old, and after completing his National Service in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps he made his debut for the first team against Sunderland in September 1951.
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Wolves won the First Division title that season but Jackie Henderson did not qualify for a medal.
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Jackie Henderson began the following season still at Molineux and appeared in a handful of early games in what would be another championship-winning campaign, but played only nine matches in all for Wolves.
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Jackie Henderson became a regular in the first team in the following two seasons.
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Jackie Henderson had played 111 games for Arsenal in total, scoring 29 goals.
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Jackie Henderson helped keep the Cottagers in the First Division for two seasons.
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Jackie Henderson was a Fulham regular up until March 1963, when he broke his leg.
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Jackie Henderson continued to play non-league football with Poole Town, where he was top scorer as they were promoted to the Southern League Premier Division, and Dorchester Town until his retirement from football in 1971.
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Jackie Henderson made his representative debut in a B international against England B in March 1953.
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Jackie Henderson was included in their 22-man squad, but only 13 of the 22 travelled to the finals.
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Jackie Henderson stayed at home on reserve with the likes of Bobby Combe and Jimmy Binning.
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Jackie Henderson died in Poole in 2005 at the age of 73.