Pat Henderson
| Personal information | |||
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| Irish name | Pádraig Mac Éinrí | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Born |
30 January 1943 Johnstown, County Kilkenny, Ireland |
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| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Occupation | Retired company director | ||
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| Years | Club | ||
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Johnstown Fenians |
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| Club titles | |||
| Kilkenny titles | 5 | ||
| Leinster titles | 1 | ||
| All-Ireland Titles | 0 | ||
| Inter-county(ies)* | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
| 1964–1978 | Kilkenny | 40 (0–6) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Leinster titles | 8 | ||
| All-Irelands | 5 | ||
| NHL | 2 | ||
| All Stars | 2 | ||
| *Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 13:24, 10 July 2014. | |||
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Pat Henderson (born 30 January 1943) is an Irish retired hurling manager and former player.
Born in Johnstown, County Kilkenny, Henderson first played competitive hurling during his schooling at Thurles CBS. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of eighteen when he first linked up with the Kilkenny minor team, before later joining the under-21 team. He made his senior debut during the 1964 championship. Henderson went on to play a key role over the next fifteen years, and one five All-Ireland medals, eight Leinster medals and two National Hurling League medals. He was an All-Ireland runner-up on five occasions.
As a member of the Leinster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions, Henderson won six Railway Cup medals. At club level he is a one-time Leinster medallist with Fenians. In addition to this he also won five championship medals.
Throughout his inter-county career, Henderson made 40 championship appearances for Kilkenny. His retirement came following the conclusion of the 1978 championship.
His brothers, Ger and John, also enjoyed All-Ireland success with Kilkenny.
In retirement from playing Henderson became involved in team management and coaching. During a near decade long tenure as Kilkenny manager he guided the team to three All-Ireland titles.
Henderson is widely regarded as one of the greatest hurlers of his era. As well as collecting back-to-back All-Stars he was named Hurler of the Year in 1974. Henderson has often been voted onto teams made up of the sport's greats, including at centre-back on the Kilkenny team of the Century.
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