as perhaps the finest full-back of his time, with a reputation for keeping the best full-forwards, including champion John Coleman, to low scores.
[2] Henderson was fairly tall at 187 cm (6 feet 2 inches) but slightly built for a key position player.
Nonetheless he had the acceleration to beat any full-forward over a short distance.
[citation needed] His understanding with back-pocket Wally Donald made for an almost impassable backline,[citation needed] which conceded 959 points in 1953 – the lowest since the beginning of 12-club competition in 1925.
This Australian rules football biography of a person born in the 1930s is a stub.