13 Facts About Willie Henderson

William Henderson was born on 24 January 1944 and is a Scottish retired footballer.

Willie Henderson played most of his career for Rangers, and spent the latter part of his career with Sheffield Wednesday, in Hong Kong with Hong Kong Rangers and with Airdrieonians.

Willie Henderson made his career debut in 1960 at the age of 16.

Willie Henderson was a very pacy right-winger, and as he was only 5 feet 4 inches tall he became known as Wee Willie.

Willie Henderson later admitted that missing that game was one of the worst moments of his career.

Willie Henderson was a great favourite with the Wednesday fans in the two seasons that he was there even though the club had little success.

Willie Henderson made 50 appearances for Wednesday with six as substitute, scoring five goals in his two seasons there.

Willie Henderson left Wednesday at the end of that season and went to play for Hong Kong Rangers.

Willie Henderson spent three years in the colony and captained the Hong Kong League XI before returning to Scotland for a final season with Airdrieonians.

Willie Henderson went on to gain a total of 29 caps and five goals.

Willie Henderson remains one of the youngest players to represent Scotland at 18 years and 269 days, and won more caps than his main rival for the position at right wing, the highly regarded Jimmy Johnstone of Celtic.

Whilst playing for Rangers, Willie Henderson owned and ran a hairdresser's shop in Glasgow.

Willie Henderson later operated a hotel in Lanarkshire and worked for Rangers at Ibrox on match days as a hospitality host.