Nick Hendry | |
Fullname: | Conal Nicholson Hendry |
Height: | [1] |
Birth Date: | 1887 |
Birth Place: | York, England |
Death Date: | 9 April |
Position: | Goalkeeper |
Years1: | ?–1907 |
Years2: | 1907–1908 |
Years3: | 1908–1910 |
Years4: | 1910–1920 |
Years5: | 1921–1922 |
Years6: | 1922–1924 |
Clubs1: | North Eastern Railway United |
Clubs6: | York City |
Caps1: | ? |
Caps2: | 0 |
Caps3: | ? |
Caps4: | 140 |
Caps5: | ? |
Caps6: | 56 |
Goals1: | ? |
Goals2: | 0 |
Goals3: | ? |
Goals4: | 0 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Goals6: | 0 |
Conal Nicholson "Nick" Hendry (1887 – 9 April 1949) was an English footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Hendry started his career with North Eastern Railway United, with whom he won the York and District League in the 1905–06 season.[2] He joined Middlesbrough as an amateur in 1907,[2] but failed to make any appearances in the league for the team.[3] He then moved to Darlington in 1908, where he played until joining Hull City in March 1910.[2] Here, he became one of the first York-born footballers to play in the Football League and was dubbed "the human octopus" because of his displays for the club.[2]
He made 140 league appearances for Hull,[3] 98 of which were consecutive.[2] He made 271 appearances in first-team and war football for Hull,[2] leaving the club in 1920,[3] after which he spent a season with Doncaster Rovers.[2] [4] He joined York City in July 1922 for their first season in the Midland League and advised the club on team selection.[2] He left the club in 1924 after making 56 appearances in the Midland League for York and later became a trainer at LNER Permanent Way.[2]