Martin Henderson (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William Martin Melville Henderson | ||
| Date of birth | 3 May 1956 | ||
| Place of birth | Kirkcaldy, Scotland | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1974–1978 | Rangers | 33 | (10) |
| 1977–1978 | → Hibernian (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 1978 | Philadelphia Fury | 17 | (3) |
| 1978–1981 | Leicester City | 91 | (12) |
| 1981–1983 | Chesterfield | 87 | (23) |
| 1983–1984 | Port Vale | 27 | (7) |
| Spalding United | |||
| Total | 261+ | (55+) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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William Martin Melville Henderson (born 3 May 1956) is a Scottish former footballer who played in Scotland, England, and the United States. A forward, he scored 52 goals in 244 league games in a ten-year career in the Football League and the Scottish Football League.
He started his career at Rangers in 1974, and went on to win the Premier Division title in 1975–76 and 1977–78, as well as the Scottish Cup in 1976. He was loaned out to Hibernian, before joining American club Philadelphia Fury in 1978. He then spent three years with Leicester City, winning the Second Division title in 1979–80. He joined Chesterfield in 1981, before being traded to Port Vale in October 1983. However, he was sacked the next year after failing to report for training, and later played for Spalding United.
Henderson started his career with Jock Wallace's Rangers, scoring 13 goals in 33 appearances in the 1975–76 season after getting his first goal in a 2–1 defeat to Hearts at Ibrox. He was a member of the 1976 Scottish Cup winning first eleven, helping "Gers" beat Hearts 3–1 at Hampden Park in front of 85,354 spectators. Rangers also won the Premier Division title. However, he scored only one goal in 12 games in 1976–77 as Rangers finished second in the league. He played just twice in the 1977–78 season, and was loaned out to Eddie Turnbull's Hibernian. He scored one goal in six Premier Division games for "Hibs" during his loan spell at Easter Road.
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