Frederick Henderson (rugby union) explained

Frederick Henderson
Full Name:Frederick William Henderson
Birth Date:3 January 1879
Birth Place:Dundee, Scotland
Death Place:Kirkmichael, Scotland
Occupation:Christian minister
School:Dundee High School
Loretto School
University:University of Edinburgh
Position:Forward
Repyears1:1900
Repcaps1:2
Reppoints1:0

Frederick William Henderson (3 January 1879 — 30 September 1950) was a Scottish international rugby union player.

Henderson was born into a family of leather merchants from Invergowrie, outside Dundee. He attended the Dundee High School until 1894, when he moved over to Loretto School, where he was head boy and rugby captain.[1]

A London Scottish forward, Henderson had an athletic build and was at his best in open play. His career for Scotland was brief, consisting of two caps during the 1900 Home Nations, for away matches against Wales and Ireland.[2]

Henderson, who studied divinity at the University of Edinburgh, spent two decades in India as a lecturer at Madras Christian College and undertaking missionary work. On his return home, Henderson was minister for Kirkmichael Parish, a position he had held for 19 years at the time of his death in 1950.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Kirkmichael Minister's Sudden Death . . 6 October 1950.
  2. News: Dundee Internationalist . . 20 January 1900.
  3. News: Late Rev. F. W. Henderson . . 4 October 1950.