Henry Henderson (baseball)

{{short description|American baseball player}}

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| name = Henry Henderson

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| position = First baseman

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1905|5|1|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Hamilton County, Tennessee, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1980|8|8|1905|5|1|mf=y}}

| death_place = Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S.

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| debutleague = Negro league baseball

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| debutyear = 1932

| debutteam = Nashville Elite Giants

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| finalyear = 1932

| finalteam = Nashville Elite Giants

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• Nashville Elite Giants (1932)

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Henry Henderson (May 1, 1905 – August 8, 1980) was an American Negro league first baseman in the 1930s.

A native of Hamilton County, Tennessee, Henderson was the younger brother of fellow Negro leaguer Leonard Henderson. He played for the Nashville Elite Giants in 1932.{{cite web|url=https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=hende01hen |title=Henry Henderson |publisher=seamheads.com |date= |accessdate=June 16, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hendehe01.shtml |title=Henry Henderson |publisher=baseball-reference.com |date= |accessdate=June 16, 2021}} Henderson died in Chattanooga, Tennessee in 1980 at age 75.