Henderson: Thomas Wedlock (Tommy)

1959-1959&1962-1965 (Player Details)

Outside Right

Born: Larkhall, Scotland: 25-07-1943

Debut: v Grimsby Town (a): 10-11-1962

5’4” 11st (1963)

Scottish Schoolboy International Henderson had two spells with Leeds. He was snapped up from school in January 1959, but was released because of homesickness. He played in the same Scottish Schoolboy team as Billy Bremner and both joined Leeds at the same time and were good friends at Leeds. At the time Henderson was rated very highly and both he and Bremner were stand out performers in the England v Scotland of 1958. No mean feat when you consider the Scottish forward line was Andy Penman (Rangers), Henderson, Ian Gibson of Coventry and Scotland under twenty-threes, Billy Bremner and Bobby Hope (West Bromwich Albion) and the England team included Terry Venables, Phil Chisnall, Ronnie Boyce, Bert Murray and Jentzen Derrick! Ironically both suffered from homesickness and several times Bremner was close to returning to his native Scotland, but it was Henderson who was allowed to return in March 1959 and play for Celtic, from where he obtained a free-transfer to Hearts in July 1960, without having played in the first team. He played ten games and scored once for Hearts and was sold for £2,000 to St Mirren in December 1961. He played in the Scottish Cup Final for St Mirren against Rangers, but Leeds kept tabs on him and were successful in getting him to return to Elland Road in November 1962 for a fee of £1,500. He went into the first-team and played regularly on the right wing until Don Revie purchased Johnny Giles. Henderson moved to Bury in June 1965, where he scored once in seven games. Swindon Town took him in in January 1966 but six months later, after three goals in eleven games, he joined Stockport County and he helped them win the Fourth Division Championship in his only season at Edgeley Park. He scored four times in seventeen starts and two appearances from the bench. In October 1967 he moved to Altrincham.