Bill Henderson (soccer)

{{short description|Australian soccer player}}

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{{Use Australian English|date=September 2014}}

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| name = Bill Henderson
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| fullname = William Henderson

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1929|11|23}}

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| position = Goalkeeper

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| years1 = 1942-1946

| clubs1 = Granville Waratah

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| years2 = 1947

| clubs2 = Granville Kewpies

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| years3 = 1948-1956

| clubs3 = Granville Magpies

| years4 = 1957–1960

| clubs4 = Auburn

| nationalyears1 = 1954–1956

| nationalteam1 = Australia

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Bill Henderson (born 23 November 1929) is an Australian former soccer player who played as a goalkeeper.{{cite web|url=http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Players/H/HE.html|title=Australian Player Database — HE|publisher=ozfootball.net|access-date=11 June 2009}}{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/700512 |title=Bill Henderson |work=Olympedia |access-date=1 December 2021}}{{Cite news |last=Stock |first=Greg |date=29 July 2008 |title=The Henderson Brothers |work=OzFootball |url=http://www.ozfootball.net/museum/index.php/en/interviews-with-formeroos/61-the-henderson-brothers |access-date=2023-04-11}}

With his debut for Australia in 1954, he became the second second-generation Socceroo—his father Andy Henderson had represented the national team in 1924.{{Cite news |last=Micallef |first=Philip |date=5 November 2019 |title=Socceroos Greats - Where are they now: Bill Henderson |language=en |work=SBS Sport |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/sport/article/socceroos-greats-where-are-they-now-bill-henderson/qyoc6q3u3 |access-date=2023-04-11}} Henderson was a member of the Australian team at the 1956 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|url=http://www.ozfootball.net/museum/socceroocaps.pdf|title=The Australian national men's football team: caps and captains|work=Football Federation Australia|publisher=ozfootball.net|access-date=11 June 2009}}{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=512/edition=197067/teams/team=43976.html|title=Australia squad – 1956 Olympic Football Tournament|publisher=FIFA|access-date=11 June 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208130054/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament%3D512/edition%3D197067/teams/team%3D43976.html|archive-date=8 December 2008}} Henderson was inducted into the Soccer Australia Hall of Fame in 1999.{{Cite news |last=Jones |first=Stuart |date=9 March 1999 |title=Australian Soccer's Hall of Fame |pages=15, 18 |work=Inside Soccer |url=https://archive.org/details/inside-soccer-1999/Inside%20Soccer%2C%20%201999.03.09/ |access-date=2023-04-11}}