Birth name | Ian Cowe Henderson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 31 October 1918 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 11 June 1991 72) | (aged||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ian Henderson (31 October 1918 – 11 June 1991) was a Scotland international rugby union player. [1]
He played for Edinburgh Academicals RFC. [1] [2]
He was capped for Edinburgh District. [2] He represented Scotland Probables in 1947.
He was capped eight times for Scotland between 1939 and 1948. [1]
His brother James McLaren Henderson – Mac Henderson – was also capped for Scotland, and became the oldest living Scottish international in his later years. [1]