Henry Gerald Beenders (June 2, 1916 – October 27, 2003)[1] was a Dutch-American professional basketball player.

Beenders was born in Haarlem, Netherlands, and migrated to the United States at age eight.

[4] He served with the United States Army Air Forces during World War II.

[3] On May 1, 1948, Beenders was traded to the Boston Celtics with Chick Halbert for Ed Sadowski.

[3] After ending his basketball career, Beenders worked as an international sales representative for a clothing exporting company in New York City for 35 years.