Ger Henderson
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Gearóid Mac Éinrí | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Born |
5 May 1954 Johnstown, County Kilkenny Ireland |
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| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Occupation | Farmer | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Fenians | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Kilkenny titles | 3 | ||
| Leinster titles | 1 | ||
| All-Ireland Titles | 0 | ||
| Inter-county(ies)* | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
| 1974-1988 | Kilkenny | 39 (0-00) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Leinster titles | 8 | ||
| All-Irelands | 5 | ||
| NHL | 4 | ||
| All Stars | 5 | ||
| *Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 18:05, 20 June 2015. | |||
Ger Henderson (born 1954) is a former Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with the Kilkenny senior inter-county team in the 1970s and 1980s.
Ger Henderson was born in Johnstown, County Kilkenny in 1954. He was educated locally at Johnstown national school where his interest in hurling first began. Later, Henderson and his two brothers, Pat and John, would form the backbone of the great Kilkenny team of the 1970s and early 1980s.
Henderson played his club hurling with the local Fenians club in Johnstown where he enjoyed much success. He was too young to play senior hurling when the club triumphed winning county championship titles in the early 1970s, however, he did win county title and a Leinster club title in 1974.
By 1972, Henderson was a key player when the Kilkenny minor hurling team won the All-Ireland title. He later joined the county’s under-21 side, winning back-to-back All-Ireland titles in 1974 and 1975. By this stage, Henderson was also a member of the Kilkenny senior hurling panel. In 1976, he tasted his first senior hurling success when he won a National Hurling League medal. Two years later, in 1978, Henderson had taken over from his brother Pat as centre-back on the team, and he won his first Leinster title that year. Unfortunately, Kilkenny were later defeated by Cork in the All-Ireland final. In spite of this, Henderson’s championship performance earned him his first All-Star award.
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