John Hendrie (Scottish footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Grattan Hendrie | ||
| Date of birth | 24 October 1963 | ||
| Place of birth | Lennoxtown, Scotland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||
| Playing position |
Striker Right Winger |
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| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1981–1984 | Coventry City | 21 | (2) |
| 1983–1984 | → Hereford United (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 1984–1988 | Bradford City | 173 | (46) |
| 1988–1989 | Newcastle United | 34 | (4) |
| 1989–1990 | Leeds United | 27 | (5) |
| 1990–1996 | Middlesbrough | 192 | (44) |
| 1996–1999 | Barnsley | 65 | (17) |
| Total | 518 | (118) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1998–1999 | Barnsley | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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John Grattan Hendrie (born 24 October 1963) is a Scottish former professional association footballer who played on the right wing or in attack.
His career started at Coventry City but he moved to Bradford City, where he played 173 consecutive league games, winning one promotion and narrowly missing out on another. Following spells with Newcastle United and Leeds United, he moved to Middlesbrough and scored the final goal at Ayresome Park among his 44 goals for Boro. When he was replaced by Brazilian Juninho he moved to Barnsley where he finished his career and also served as manager.
His uncle is another Scottish former pro footballer, Paul Hendrie. Paul has two sons (John's cousins) in the game; Lee Hendrie made a late substitute appearance for England in 1998 and Stuart Hendrie played for Morecambe.
Hendrie started his professional football career at Coventry City, originally signing as an apprentice in June 1980, and signing full-time forms in May 1981. He was a hit with Coventry's reserves, being top scorer in 1983–84, with ten goals from 25 games, but he struggled to break into the first team and played in just 21 league games during his time at Coventry. Instead he moved on a free transfer to Bradford City in 1984 following a loan spell with Hereford United.
Hendrie was one of two free transfers between the 1983–84 and 1984–85 seasons, along with Dave Evans, as manager Trevor Cherry tried to build a team capable of promotion from Division Three. Hendrie was an ever-present in his first season scoring nine goals from his right wing position as City won the Division Three title. On the last day of that successful season his day was to turn into a nightmare when 56 spectators were killed in a horrendous stand fire while playing Lincoln City.
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