Alan Henderson (rugby union) explained

Alan Henderson
Full Name:Alan Peter Henderson
Birth Date:26 May 1920
Birth Place:Dartford, England
Death Place:North Yorkshire, England
Position:Hooker
Repyears1:1947–49
Repcaps1:9
Reppoints1:3

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]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Newcomers To Taunton Team . Taunton Courier and Western Advertiser . 26 October 1940.
  2. News: 149 by Matthews at Raeburn Place . . 2 July 1951.
  3. News: Henderson Dropped From England XV . . 21 February 1949.