Benny Henderson
Irish footballer
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Bernard Joseph "Benny" Henderson (c. 1926 – 1993) was an Irish soccer player. He played for Drumcondra and Dundalk at club level.
Full name
Bernard Joseph Henderson
Date of birth
c. 1926
Date of death
25 June 1993 [1]
Position
Midfielder
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Bernard Joseph Henderson | ||
| Date of birth | c. 1926 | ||
| Date of death | 25 June 1993 [1] | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1947–1949 | Drumcondra | ||
| 1946, 1954 | Dundalk | ||
| International career | |||
| 1948 | Republic of Ireland | 2 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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.