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bill henderson

1/2/2016

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Get 2 Octagenarians in a room and what have you got… a talk fest. Our latest Socceroo to join the GFP is Granville Waratah's goalkeeper Bill Henderson, Soccer #128. Bill played for both Granville sides, Waratahs as a kid & Kewpies but its the Waratahs he has nominated as his GrassRoots club playing out of what was then McArthur Park but is now known as Garside Reserve.

The son of Glaswegian Andy who was a member of the 1923 Australian squad, football ran in the Henderson blood with big brother Andy a respected member of the NSW football family.

Bill was Ron Lord's back-up in the '56 Olympic team having made his national team debut in '54 against the Kiwis and these 2 gents & Doug Wendt have provided a wealth of memories and both Ron & Bill remained firm friends and golfing buddies into their 90s.

Thank you Bill it was a pleasure to spend time with you & an honour to have you as part of the GFP.
Welcome aboard.
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Jimmy Montgomery
12/1/2020 12:53:41 am

An old class mate

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    Greg Werner began playing in 1965, with the GrassRoots club of Socceroo skipper Murray Barnes, a change of suburb at age 6 and a new club, one that would become the GrassRoots club of Rob Wheatley & after a 27 year hiatus came back to playing with the GrassRoots club of Socceroos Steve Perry, Richie Bell, Chris Iconomidis & Matilda, Justine Fisher, one could say that the links with the NT are ingrained.
    At age 55, when his body gave up on playing, he took up the whistle to stay actively involved. In November of 2014 he created the GFP on Facebook to fill the void left by those in control of the game & in January 2016 launched this website.
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