Nelson Henderson
{{short description|Scotland international rugby union player}}
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| name = Nelson Henderson
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| birth_name = Nelson Faviell Henderson
| birth_date = 24 September 1865
| birth_place = London, England
| death_date = {{death date and age|1943|06|16|1865|09|24|df=y}}
| death_place = Blewbury, Berkshire, England
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| position = Forward
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| amatteam1 = Oxford University
| amatteam2 = London Scottish
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| amatpoints1 =
| province1 = West of Scotland District
| provinceyears1 = 1892
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| repteam1 = Scotland
| repcaps1 = 1
| reppoints1 = 0
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| repyears1 = 1892
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| school = Dulwich College
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Nelson Faviell Henderson (24 September 1865 – 16 June 1943) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[http://www.espnscrum.com/scotland/rugby/player/1049.html Nelson Henderson Profile], Scrum.com
Rugby Union career
=Amateur career=
He attended Dulwich College, Fettes College and Magdalen College.
At Oxford University he played for the varsity fifteen and obtained his blue in 1887. In the early 1890s he played for London Scottish.
=Provincial career=
He played for West of Scotland District in 1892, while with London Scottish.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000986/18920125/011/0002
=International career=
Business career
Nelson Henderson became involved in his father's publishing business, James Henderson & Sons, and became its chairman after his father's retirement in 1900. The business went into liquidation in 1920.[https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/James_Henderson_and_Sons "James Henderson and Sons"], Graces Guide. Retrieved 22 November 2020
Family
Nelson Henderson was the son of the publisher James Henderson.
References
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Category:People educated at Dulwich College
Category:People educated at Fettes College
Category:Scotland international rugby union players
Category:Scottish rugby union players
Category:Oxford University RFC players
Category:London Scottish F.C. players
Category:West of Scotland District (rugby union) players
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