Paul Henderson (basketball)
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Paul Henderson (born Mai 23, 1956) is a retired American-French professional basketball player.
Career
Henderson, a 6’7 (2.01 m) forward,{{Cite web|title=Paul Henderson College Stats|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/paul-henderson-1.html|access-date=2020-08-04|website=College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com|language=en}} played college basketball at Butte College and won Two-time California small schools Junior College Player of the Year honors.{{Cite web|title=Desert Sun 30 April 1976 — California Digital Newspaper Collection|url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=DS19760430.2.122|access-date=2020-08-04|website=cdnc.ucr.edu}} In 1976, he transferred to the University of Southern California.{{Cite web|title=Transfer Athletes|url=https://www.butte.edu/athletics/m-basketball/transfer.html|access-date=2020-08-04|website=www.butte.edu}} Seeing action in 26 games of the 1976–77 season, Henderson averaged 11.8 points and 7 rebounds per contest for USC.
He played for Élan béarnais Orthez in France from 1979 to 1991 and for Montpellier from 1991 to 1993. Playing under American head coach George Fisher at Orthez, Henderson won the European competition FIBA Korać Cup in 1984, scoring 20 points in the championship game against Red Star Belgrade,{{Cite web|title=Korac Cup 1983–84|url=http://www.linguasport.com/baloncesto/internacional/clubes/c3/C3_84.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120625214825/http://www.linguasport.com/baloncesto/internacional/clubes/c3/C3_84.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=June 25, 2012|access-date=2020-08-04|website=www.linguasport.com}} as well as the French national championship in 1986 and in 1987.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Le site des archives du basket pro francais|url=http://www.basketarchives.fr/class1.htm#Henderson|access-date=2020-08-04|website=www.basketarchives.fr}} With an average of 27.2 points per contest, Henderson was the leading scorer of the French league in the 1980–81 campaign.{{Cite web|title=Bilan saison 1980–1981|url=http://www.basketarchives.fr/1981/bilan1981.htm|access-date=2020-08-04|website=www.basketarchives.fr}} He left Orthez as the leading scorer in club history.{{Cite news|title=Paul Henderson, fidèle à Orthez depuis 40 ans|language=fr|work=larepubliquedespyrenees.fr|url=https://www.larepubliquedespyrenees.fr/2019/05/09/paul-henderson-fidele-a-orthez-depuis-40-ans,2550866.php|access-date=2020-08-04}}
After his retirement, Henderson served as an assistant coach at Pau-Orthez until 2012.{{Cite web|title=L'Elan Béarnais doit verser 37 500 euros à Paul Henderson|url=https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/nouvelle-aquitaine/pyrenees-atlantiques/bearn/pau/elan-bearnais-doit-verser-37-500-euros-paul-henderson-412689.html|access-date=2020-08-04|website=France 3 Nouvelle-Aquitaine|language=fr-FR}} He is married to a French woman and was granted French nationality.{{Cite web|date=2018-11-13|title=L'appel aux dons de l'ancien Palois Paul Henderson pour sa famille californienne|url=https://www.basketeurope.com/livenews-fr/lnb/444857/lappel-aux-dons-de-lancien-palois-paul-henderson-pour-sa-famille-californienne/|access-date=2020-08-04|website=Basket Europe|language=fr-FR}}
References
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Category:American expatriate basketball people in France
Category:American men's basketball players
Category:Élan Béarnais players
Category:Junior college men's basketball players in the United States
Category:Montpellier Paillade Basket players