Benny Henderson
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Bernard Joseph Henderson | ||
Date of birth | c. 1926 | ||
Date of death | 25 June 1993 [1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1947–1949 | Drumcondra F.C. | ||
1946, 1954 | Dundalk F.C. | ||
International career | |||
1948 | Republic of Ireland | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Bernard Joseph "Benny" Henderson (c.1926 – c.1993) was an Irish former soccer player. Benny is survived by his wife Esther Mary (née Doyle) and son's Benny, Christy, Liam, Hazel, and Rose having died in 1993. He played for Drumcondra F.C. and Dundalk F.C. at club level.
On 23 May 1948, he won his first senior cap for the Republic of Ireland national football team when he lined out on the left wing in a 2-0 defeat to Portugal in a friendly international played in Lisbon.
He played his only other senior international a week later in Barcelona when Ireland were beaten 2-1 by Spain in another friendly international.
Honours
- League of Ireland: 2
- Drumcondra F.C. 1947/48, 1948/49
- FAI Cup: 2
- Drumcondra F.C. 1946, 1954
References
- ^ "Date of Death". eu-football.info. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
Sources
- Benny Henderson at WorldFootball.net
- Benny Henderson at EU-Football.info
- The Complete Who's Who of Irish International Football, 1945-96 (1996):Stephen McGarrigle
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- 1926 births
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- Association footballers from County Dublin
- Republic of Ireland men's association footballers
- Ireland (FAI) men's international footballers
- League of Ireland players
- Drumcondra F.C. players
- Bohemian F.C. players
- Men's association football midfielders